RA 10366 – An Act Authorizing The
Commission On Elections To Establish
Precincts Assigned To Accessible Polling
Places Exclusively For Persons With
Disablities And Senior Citizens
S. No. 3287
H. No. 5509
Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Fifteenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand
twelve.
[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10366]
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS TO ESTABLISH
PRECINCTS ASSIGNED TO ACCESSIBLE POLLING PLACES EXCLUSIVELY FOR
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND SENIOR CITIZENS
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:
SECTION. 1. Declaration of Policy. – The State shall ensure that persons with
disabilities and senior citizens are able to exercise their right to political participation
without discrimination or restrictions. Towards this end, the State shall design systems
and procedures that will enable persons with disabilities and senior citizens to register
and vote by themselves.
SEC. 2. Definition of Terms. – As used in this Act, the term:
(a) Commission refers to the Commission on Elections.
(b) Persons with Disabilities refer to qualified voters who have long-term physical,
mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers
may hinder their full and effective participation in the electoral processes on an equal
basis with others.
(c) Senior Citizens refer to qualified voters who are sixty (60) years or older.
(d) Electoral Processes refer to election-related activities and proceedings including
registration, candidacy, campaign, voter education and casting of vote.
(e) Assistance refers to any support or aid that may be extended to persons with
disabilities and senior citizens for them to meaningfully and effectively participate in the
electoral processes.
(f) Discrimination on the basis of disability means any distinction, exclusion or restriction
on the basis of disability which has the effect of impairing or nullifying the recognition,
enjoyment, or exercise, on an equal basis with others, of all human rights and
fundamental freedoms, including denial of reasonable accommodation.
(g) Universal design means the design of products, environments, programs and
services, to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for
adaptation or specialized design but shall not exclude assistive devices for particular
groups of persons with disabilities where this is needed.
(h) Satellite registration refers to registration conducted by an Election Officer in
established satellite offices located in a public place within his or her area of jurisdiction.
It accepts application for registration, transfer or transfer with reactivation, reactivation
of registration records, change or correction of entries and validation of registration from
all registrants or voters residing within the Election Officer’s territorial jurisdiction.
(i) Special registration refers to registration conducted in established satellite offices by
a special registration team designated by the Commission. It exclusively caters to first
time person with disability and senior citizen registrants residing outside the area of
jurisdiction of the regular Election Officer conducting the satellite registration.
(j) Accessible polling place refers to the venue where the Board of Election Inspectors
(BEIs) conducts election-related proceedings and where the voters cast their votes. The