Opinions on the first National Report of Korea on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ⑤ Pursuant to Article 122, Clause 2-3 of the Public Official Election Act, the allowances and actual expenses of the activity assistants of election candidates shall be borne by the State, while the expenses spent by the activity assistants of preliminary election candidates with disabilities shall be borne by the candidates themselves. This clause puts preliminary election candidates with disabilities who need support from activity assistants at a disadvantage compared with candidates without disabilities. 2) Recommendation ① In order to assure the voting rights of persons with disabilities, the government should amend the Public Official Election Act and related laws, so as to set forth mandatory provision of reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities which is currently prescribed as optional, ease the limit on the number of Braille pages in election campaign gazettes, and provide reasonable accommodation to persons with disabilities in elections, taking into consideration the type and degree of their disabilities. ② Article 122, Clause 2-3 of the Public Official Election Act should be revised, so that preliminary candidates with disabilities who need activity assistants may exercise the rights to be voted for, on an equal basis with preliminary candidates without disabilities who do not need activity assistants. 16.2 Voting by persons with disabilities in facilities they reside in 1) Current status and problems ① The Public Official Election Act stipulates that persons who reside in hospitals or rest homes and persons who cannot move due to severe physical disabilities may still vote in their residences and that the head of a facility accommodating more than 10 persons with disabilities who apply for residence NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA 39