Voter registration for the 2018 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) will still continue despite the start of the long special holiday today for the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) Summit.
The Commission and Elections (Comelec) clarified all of its offices will remain open during the ASEAN Summit holiday in the National Capital Region and the provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga from Nov. 13 to 15, 2017 to continue accepting applicants.
“(This) week-long ‘holiday’, #TuloyAngTrabaho sa @COMELEC. #VoterReg2017,” Comelec spokesman James Jimenez said in his official Twitter account.
Jimenez urged qualified voters for the BSKE to make use of the holiday break to register.
Last week, Comelec resumed its voter registration nationwide, except in the province of Lanao Del Sur, in preparation for the BSKE, which will be held on May 14, 2018.
The poll body said its offices will be open from Mondays to Saturdays, including Holidays, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the voter registration.
It said it will also conduct off-site/satellite registration to further reach out to unregistered voters.
Comelec earlier said it expects around 850,000 applicants will register for its latest round of voters registration, which will run from Nov. 6 to Nov. 30, 2017.
It was already able to register over 2.7 million new voters during its previous BSKE voter registration from November 2016 to April 2017. (Samuel Medenilla)
