By Leslie Ann Aquino
The Chairperson of the Electoral Board has been allowed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to vote in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSKE) elections Monday.
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
“The Commission, after due deliberation, resolved as it hereby resolves, to allow the chairperson of the electoral board to exercise his voting privilege,” read Resolution No. 10388.
“In which case, the Poll Clerk shall temporarily assume as Chairperson of the Electoral Board until the Chairperson returns,” it further read. It added: The voting in their place of assignment is light; Their absence shall not be for more than thirty (30) minutes; The Electoral Board members shall schedule the voting so that only one (1) member shall leave at any given time; They must be given priority in voting; and The fact that they exercised their voting privilege shall be noted in the Minutes.
In the past, only Electoral Board members, but not the Chairperson, who is not registered in the barangay where they are assigned, may vote in the polling place where they are registered.
The poll body released the decision late Sunday.
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
“The Commission, after due deliberation, resolved as it hereby resolves, to allow the chairperson of the electoral board to exercise his voting privilege,” read Resolution No. 10388.
“In which case, the Poll Clerk shall temporarily assume as Chairperson of the Electoral Board until the Chairperson returns,” it further read. It added: The voting in their place of assignment is light; Their absence shall not be for more than thirty (30) minutes; The Electoral Board members shall schedule the voting so that only one (1) member shall leave at any given time; They must be given priority in voting; and The fact that they exercised their voting privilege shall be noted in the Minutes.
In the past, only Electoral Board members, but not the Chairperson, who is not registered in the barangay where they are assigned, may vote in the polling place where they are registered.
The poll body released the decision late Sunday.