If you are the kind of teenager or young adult (below 18 years old) who is concerned with local government, you are probably aware that the registration for Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) for Baranggay Elections on October 25, 2010 has started today. The registration for Baranggay Elections started August 1, and will run until August 10.
If you don’t know about it yet, and you want to vote, find out if you are qualified, and see what the requirements are.
Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Registration/Election:
- August 6-15, 2010
- Between 15 and 17 years old
- 6 months resident of the baranggay wherein s/he intends to vote
- 14 years old turning 15 on the election day
Baranggay Registration/Election
- August 1-10, 2010
- 1 year resident of the Philippines
- 6 months resident of the baranggay wherein s/he intends to vote
More information on COMELEC Website, including disqualifications, and documents needed.
PUBLIC DOCUMENT/PRESS RELEASE (re: SK Election/Registration) attached below:
2010 BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN ELECTIONS
SK voters’ registration open on weekends
COMELEC sets SK listing to August 6 until August 15
Date: 13 July 2010
The Commission on Elections, in a resolution, has set the dates for Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) voters’ registration to August 6, 2010 until August 15, 2010.
COMELEC Resolution No. 9004, promulgated July 12, 2010, stressed on the value of having an “assembly of youth” in every Barangay. Called the “Katipunan ng Kabataan,” its primary objective according to Article 202, Rule XXVII of the Rules and Regulations Implementing the Local Government Code of 1991, is “to enhance the social, political, economic, cultural, intellectual, moral, moral, spiritual and physical development of the youth of the country.”
The COMELEC said any Filipino citizen who are at least fifteen (15) but below eighteen (18) years of age and are residents of the Barangay where they intend to vote for at least six (6) months, may register as members of the Katipunan ng Kabataan.
“The applications for registration as members of the Katipunan ng Kabataan shall be filed from 8:00 o’ clock in the morning to 7:00 o’ clock in the evening, at the Office of the Election Officer of the city/municipality where the applicant resides,” stated the COMELEC resolution.
The COMELEC said SK voters may register even on weekends.
Applicants must present any of the following documents when they register: A) Certificate of Live Birth, B) Baptismal Certificate, C) School Records or any other document that will establish his identity and other qualifications.
The COMELEC however clarified that Community Tax Certificates or cedulas or certification from the Barangay will not be honored. ###
Posted: 07.13.2010 LTO
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August 16, 2010 at 10:34 am |
anu po requirements and qualificcations in applying for SK Chairman?
August 17, 2010 at 8:26 am |
gandang umaga jose, mas maigi siguro kung sa comelec ka na mismo magtatanong, we just posted the news, pasensya na