ANTIQUE – Municipal election offices in the 18 local government units in this province will convene their respective Election Registration Board (ERB) on August 26 to deliberate on the applications of those who enlisted during the voters’ registration.The Commission on Elections (Comelec) received 19,019 applications from August 1 to 10. Their names will be sent to the central office to verify if they have multiple registrations in other areas in the country, as part of the preparations.
The list will be sent back to the municipal election offices in time for the ERB deliberation on whether or not to approve their applications.
“The ERB hearing is intended to determine who among the applicants qualified as registered voters and who will be disapproved,” said Provincial Election Supervisor Hazel Palencia on August 12.
The ERB is composed of the Municipal Election Office as chair, with the Municipal Civil Registrar and the Department of Education as members.
Meanwhile, Palencia said that many applicants came to beat the last day of registration on August 10.
“There were still numerous individuals who came to apply on Aug. 10, especially for the SK (Sangguniang Kabataan) election, so we assisted them,” she said.
Other municipal election offices had allotted a day to cater to vulnerable sectors or were given priority during the 10 days to make sure that they could participate in the 2025 barangay and SK polls. (PNA)
