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Voters can choose write-in candidates
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Posted on Oct 19 1999
Aside from the 68 official candidates whose names appear on the ballots, CNMI voters are also allowed to vote for write-in candidates, the elections chief said.
Write-in candidates are those who are not in the official list of candidates certified by the Board of Elections.
If a certain position has only one candidate, it doesn’t mean that candidate automatically assumes the post, according to Gregorio Sablan, executive director of the Board of Elections.
“There are people that voters want to elect in office, but did not file nominating petitions. Every ballot provides a space where voters can write the names of people that they want to vote,” Sablan said.
The Board of the Education seat in Rota has been left with only one candidate, Marja Lee Taitano, following the election board’s decision to disqualify two other prospective candidates, Dolores H. Mundo and Daniel Quitugua, who had both expressed intention to join the race but failed to file their nominating petitions on time.
Sablan said the board is all set for the elections on Nov. 6.
He, however, reminded registered voters who would not be in the CNMI on election day, to file their requests for absentee ballots.
Deadline for submission of request is Oct. 27, Sablan said. (Mar-Vic Cagurangan)
