Total Population
Population with a disability
according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimateMacao has not yet signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Article 75 states:
(1) In the election of members of the Election Committee the electors shall vote in their order of arrival at the polling station…
(3) Special care shall be delivered to the ageing, disabled, unwell, or pregnant persons.
Article 76 states:
(1) Blind or physically ill or disabled electors or members of the Election Committee shall submit to the competent entity a declaration proving their inaccessibility to vote personally and unaccompanied, issued by a medical doctor of the Health Bureau.
(2) Persons referred to in the previous paragraph may vote accompanied by another elector or member of the Election Committee to his or her choice, who must guarantee the faithful expression of his or her vote and who is subject to a strict confidentiality.
(3) For the purpose of what is provided in paragraph 1 the health centers designated by the chairperson of the EACCE shall remain operating on the polling day, during the period of functioning of the polling stations.