(UPDATE) COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia is targettung at least a 75 percent turonout from the 91 million voters in the village (barangay) and youth (Sangguniang Kabataan) polls.
'This time, there is no reason for us not to vote as we have a long weekend vacation. Maybe most of them are already in their province for vacation, but they can also vote. And therefore, we are expecting an increase of voters this year,' Garcia said in a statement.He added that the turnout in the previous election was 70 and 71 percent in 2015 and 2019 resepectively.The Comelec chairman said his office is also hoping that the Election Law setting voting hours from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
More than 300,000 police officers and soldiers have been deployed to secure polling stations in over 42,000 villages.Elections are a traditionally volatile time in the Philippines, which has lax gun laws and a violent political culture.In the run-up to Monday's vote, there were 30 confirmed incidents of election-related violence, compared with 35 in 2018, the Philippine National Police said Sunday, without providing an updated breakdown for the number of dead and injured.
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