MANILA
-- The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) will hold another round of voters
registration next month for those qualified to vote in the May 2018 barangay
and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls.
"We
will open another voter registration period from Nov. 6 to 30 for those who
were unable to register the last time," COMELEC Chairman Juan Andres
Bautista said Friday.
Bautista
urged Filipinos, particularly those who will turn 15 years old by May 14, 2018,
to register for the youth polls.
Those
who are qualified to register as regular voters are Filipino citizens who are
at least 18 years old on or before Election Day; a resident of the Philippines
for at least one year before Election Day; and a resident in the place where
he/she proposes to vote for at least six months immediately preceding the
elections.
On the
other hand, registrants for SK voters should be Filipino; at least 15 years old
but not more than 30 years old on or before Election Day; and is residing in
the barangay for at least six months on or before Election Day.
President
Rodrigo Duterte had signed Republic Act No. 10952 postponing the village and
youth polls to May 2018.
