Use holiday break to register for barangay polls–Comelec

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) urged as appealed to the public to participate in the ongoing voters’ registration for the 2017 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls especially during the holidays.

Comelec chairperson Andres Bautista explained that the voters’ registration will run even during the Christmas vacation.

“The Christmas break would be a good chance to register, especially for those who will be coming home to the province. The electoral process necessitates that you can only vote in your locality if you are registered as a voter there,” he said.

The voters’ registration for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls resumed last November 7 and will run until April 29, 2017.

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During the holiday season, voters can still sign up from Mondays to Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., except on December 24 and 25, 2016.

There will be also no voters’ registration on April 13 and 14, 2017.

The local election officers will be accepting applications for registration, transfer, transfer with reactivation, reactivation, change or correction of entries and inclusion or reinstatement of records.

It may be recalled that the said elections has been rescheduled to October 23, 2017 following President Duterte’s signing of the law postponing the polls.

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The Comelec is expecting an additional three million voters to sign up for the barangay elections and two million more voters for the Sangguniang Kabataan polls.

During the first voters’ registration in July, 3,095,187 voters filed their applications. CDG