Barangay, SK polls registration set

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has set the registration for barangay and Sangguniang Kabtaan (SK) elections for July 22 to 31, 2013 in preparation for the local elections on October 28. The Comelec expects up to 740,000 voters to register during the period. Persons aged 15 to 18 can register for the SK elections while those aged 18 and above can register for the barangay polls. Comelec chair Sixtro Brillantes Jr earlier proposed moving the barangay elections to October 2014 or January 2015 to allow the Comelec to better prepare for the 2016 national elections. But President Benigno Aquino was not agreeable to the proposal.

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