No-shows mark absentee voting; poll chief picks 9
By Jocelyn R. Uy
Although only 12 Senate seats are at stake in next month’s midterm elections, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. listed down the names of 23 candidates.
Although only 12 Senate seats are at stake in next month’s midterm elections, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. listed down the names of 23 candidates.
Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. cast his vote Monday during the local absentee voting for all those who would be on duty on the day of the elections.
The Philippine National Police National (PNP) headquarters in Quezon City is now open for its officers and personnel, who registered as absentee voters, a PNP spokesman said Monday.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) issued a resolution Thursday allowing members of media to participate in absentee voting in the May 2013 midterm elections.
A Senate bill allowing media practitioners to vote ahead of the elections was approved after third and final reading Monday.
The Senate is looking into the possibility of providing media practitioners with the opportunity to vote in advance on election day or outside of their registered precinct in consideration of their work duty come balloting day.
