10-day registration for 2015 SK election

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA

ILOILO City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Region 6 has set 10 days of registration for eligible young voters in the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) election on Feb. 21, 2015.

The registration runs from Sept. 20 to 29, said Regional Director Dennis Ausan.

Qualified to register are those aging 15 to below 18 years old on the day of the election, said Ausan.

Those already registered last year but turned 18 years old already will be automatically deleted from the list of qualified SK voters.

About those below 18 prior the February 21, 2015 SK election and registered last year, Ausan said Comelec Region 6 is waiting for clarification from their central office.

On Sept. 5, Comelec passed Resolution No. 9899 setting the period of registration.

The SK election was supposed to take place last Oct. 28, 2013 synchronized with the barangay election.

However, President Benigno Aquino III signed Republic Act 10632 on Oct. 3, 2013 postponing the SK polls to give way to the proposed amendments to the SK legislation.

In going to their respective Comelec offices to register, applicants must bring documents like certificate of live birth, baptismal certificate, school records, school identification cards or any other document that will establish their identity./PN