Comelec prepares for reopening of voter registration
SINCE the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataaan elections (BSKE) in December this year will be postponed, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will once again hold voter registration beginning next month.
Comelec provincial supervisor Ian Lee Ananoria said yesterday, November 25 that the registration will start on December 12 and it is for everybody “This is already the start of the cycle of registration for barangay and SK elections scheduled on October 30, 2024 as well as the 2025 midterm elections,” Ananoria said.
Aside from the registration on Comelec offices, the agency will also conduct satellite registration in various barangays, he noted.
As to those who wish to vote for the SK election, Ananoria stressed that they should be at least 15-years-old or have reached that age by election time.
The re-opening of the registration is all set and in fact, Comelec introduced several new systems including “Register Anywhere” although its mechanics were not yet laid down.
Earlier, pending the Supreme Court (SC)’S resolution on his petition to resume the scheduled BSKE, election lawyer Romulo Macalintal is asking the SC to order the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to prepare the BSKE that should now be held in May 2023.
Macalintal had filed a petition for certiorari and prohibition that also asks for the issuance of TRO against RA 11935 suspending the BSKE, which President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. signed into law on October 10.*(APN)