Voter listing for brgy, SK polls ‘to resume on Nov. 7’
Registration period will be from Nov. 7, 2016 to April 29, 2017, including Saturdays and Holidays, except on Dec. 24 and 25, 2016 (Christmas Eve and Christmas Day) and April 13 and 14, 2017 (Maundy Thursday and Good Friday)
VOTER registration for the 2017 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls will resume on Nov. 7, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday.
In his Twitter account, @ ChairAndyBau, Comelec Chairman Juan Andres Bautista posted a photo of Resolution No. 10166, approved by the commission en banc on Monday.
The registration period will be from Nov. 7, 2016 to April 29, 2017, including Saturdays and holidays, except on Dec. 24 and 25, 2016 (Christmas Eve and Christmas Day) and April 13 and 14, 2017 (Maundy Thursday and Good Friday).
Qualification
Those who are qualified to register for the barangay polls are Filipino citizens; at least 18 years old on or before election day; a resident of the Philippines for at least one year; a resident in the barangay he/she proposes to vote for at least six months before the day of elections; and is not disqualified by law.
Qualified to register as voters for the SK polls are Filipino citizens; at least 15 but not more than 30 years old on the day of elections; residing in the barangay for at least six months on election day; and not disqualified by law.
Postponement
Earlier, Comelec spokesman James Jimenez said that the poll body will issue an order for the reopening of voter registration after President Rodrigo Duterte signed the law officially moving the Oct. 31 village and youth elections to next year.
The poll body is expected to register a total of five million people, two million additional voters for the SK election and three million individuals for the barangay election.
The conduct of another round of voter registration is required by R.A. 8189 or the Voters’ Registration Act of 1996.
Last Oct. 18, Duterte signed the law postponing the barangay and SK elections from Oct. 31, 2016 to Oct. 23, 2017.