A WEEK after failing to cast their votes, 302 registered voters are set to vote today, Monday, when they participate in the special elections called by the Commission on Elections in certain towns in Antique.
The special elections in Mabuyong, Anini-y and Insubuan, San Remigio, will be held from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m.
“Only those voters in the Clustered Precinct No. 3 in Brgy. Mabuyong, Anini-y and Clustered Precinct No. 25 in Barangay Insubuan, San Remigio, who were not able to vote during the May 9 elections, shall be allowed to vote,” the Comelec says in a resolution.
The Comelec had previously reported that 268 voters in Mabuyong village and 34 voters in Insubuan village were not able to vote on May 9 after their respective clustered precincts lacked the required number of official ballots.
Mabuyong village has 691 registered voters while Insubuan village has 158.
Comelec Resolution 10129 originally scheduled the special elections in Antique on May 14, but pushed it back to May 16.
The poll body says the votes from the precincts will not be electronically transmitted and will be canvassed manually.
“The election returns generated during the May 16 special elections shall be denominated and labeled as supplemental election returns to distinguish them from the May 9 election returns,” Resolution 10137 says.