Tabuk holds hearings on voters registration

TABUK CITY, Kalinga– The Tabuk City Election Registration Board  started hearing of applications of voter’s registration, transfer and correction of entries filed from May 6 until June 30, this year in line with a Commission on Elections program.

Tabuk City Election Officer and ERB chair Reyman Solbita said as of June 30, there were 1,867 applications that needed to be approved in Tabuk, since voters registration and validation started May 6.

Comelec has mandated local ERBs to hold hearings within registration period that ends Oct. 31, 2015.  

Other mandated members of the Board include representatives from the City Schools Division Office and City Local Civil Registrar.

For transparency, Solbita also invited representatives from volunteer election watch organizations and political parties in Tabuk to witness the procedure.

“We make the procedure as open as we could to franchised groups and parties to rid doubt,” Solbita said.

Meanwhile, Comelec-Tabuk urged people with disabilities who are qualified voters, in remote communities to avail of its Sunday barangay off-site registration.

Solbita said they had coordinated with officials of host barangays to provide transport assistance on the registration of PWDs during their off-site voter’s registration.

This way, PWDs will be free from the inconvenience of travel in coming to the city Election office, Solbita said. -- Larry Lopez