Comelec mulls extending voting hours in polling precincts that opened late

Voters flock to voting precincts at the Barangay Manoc-Manoc Elementary School on Boracay Island despite heavy rains. Photo by Nestor P. Burgos Jr. / INQUIRER VISAYAS

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday announced it was mulling a possible extension of voting hours in polling precincts that opened late for the 2018 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls.

In a press briefing, acting Comelec chair Al Parreño said the commission en banc would discuss whether or not it would “act accordingly and quickly” on cases that may require extended voting hours for precincts that opened late.

“On that question, we will deal with that on a case-to-case basis,” Parreño told reporters when asked whether or not polling precincts that opened late would be allowed to extend voting hours.

In addition, the acting Comelec chair disclosed that 177,574 polling precincts, or 100% of them, have been confirmed successfully opened for the village polls.

Precincts that opened late were able to open before Monday noon, Parreño said. /jpv

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