Published February 10, 2021, 12:10 AM We already have the Local Absentee Voting Act which allows certain mediamen, police, and teachers to cast their votes early so they carry on with their duties on Election Day. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon has now proposed that certain other sectors – People with Disabilities (PWD), the elderly, pregnant women, indigenous people, those who detained in jail — also be allowed to cast their votes in advance in May, 2022. Her reason: This will help reduce the danger of mass gatherings in voting sites on Election Day. These additional sectors proposed by Commissioner Guanzon are also among those most vulnerable to infection by the COVID-19 virus.