Fee on Elections. Inquirer file photograph.
MANILA, Philippines — The Fee on Elections (Comelec) has launched the prescribed calendar of actions for the 2025 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE).
In keeping with Comelec Decision No. 11132 promulgated on April 21, the Comelec scheduled the 2025 BSKE on December 1, Monday. Casting of votes will run from 7 a.m. to three p.m. the place counting and canvassing of votes will instantly happen after the closing of polling precincts.
The ballot physique has additionally set the election interval from October 21, Monday to December 31, Wednesday. Throughout this era, carrying or transporting firearms and different lethal weapons are prohibited.
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Different prohibited actions in the course of the election interval are: candidates’ use of safety personnel or bodyguards, until approved; alteration of territory of a precinct or institution of a brand new precinct; fundraising by lotteries, cockfights, and so forth; playing upon election end result; threatening any election officer; unlawful launch of prisoners earlier than and after elections; switch or element of officers and workers in civil service, together with public faculty lecturers; group or upkeep of response forces; and suspension of native elective officers.
In the meantime, aspiring BSKE officers can file their certificates of candidacies from October 1, Wednesday to October 7, Tuesday. BSKE candidates will probably be given a 10-day marketing campaign interval from November 20, Thursday to November 29, Saturday.
In the course of the marketing campaign interval, the next acts usually are not allowed: eradicating of lawful election supplies; posting or distributing unlawful marketing campaign supplies; making any donation or present in money or in form; appointing or utilizing particular policemen and the like; utilizing armored land, water or air craft; and policemen and provincial guards appearing as bodyguards of public officers and candidates.
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The functions for registration of voters for the BSKE will run from July 1, Tuesday to July 11, Friday. Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia beforehand mentioned that the brief interval for registration is as a result of ballot physique dealing with three elections this 12 months: The midterm elections in Might; the Bangsamoro Parliamentary elections on October 13, and the BSKE on December 1.
For this era, no less than 1.2 million Filipinos aged 15 to 18 years outdated are anticipated to register for the BSKE.
Different scheduled actions are:
- July 2025 to August 2025: Updating of registration information
- July 1 to July 11: Functions for membership to the Katipunan ng Kabataan (KK)
- July 22: Final day to file opposition to functions for voter registrations and memberships to KK
- July 28: Approval or disapproval of functions for voter registrations and memberships to KK
- August 8: Final day to file requests or petitions to alter, switch, or appropriate title or handle of voting facilities
- December 31: Final day to file Statements of Contributions and Expenditures
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