The Commonwealth Election Commission had already sent a total of 50 ballots to absentee voters for the March 23 special election. <\/p>\n
CEC administrative officer Kayla Igitol disclosed yesterday that they received and approved a total of 53 requests for absentee ballots.<\/p>\n
Igitol said they sent the first batch of 45 ballots last Tuesday, which was the deadline to apply for absentee voting by electronic\/mail.<\/p>\n
She said the following day, Wednesday, they sent the second batch composed of five more ballots.<\/p>\n
Igitol said three absentee voters picked up their ballots at the CEC office in Susupe.<\/p>\n
Igitol said they printed 4,038 ballots for this special election.<\/p>\n
As of last Jan. 28, there were 3,361 registered voters for Precinct 3. At the Nov. 13, 2018 general election, there were 3,795 voters for Precinct 3 and out of those number, 2,867 cast their votes.<\/p>\n
A special election will be held following the death of representative Francisco D. Dela Cruz last month.<\/p>\n
There are four candidates\u2014former representative Donald Cabrera Barcinas of the Democratic Party, Marco Taisakan Peter of the Republican Party, and independent candidates David Castro Sablan and Mariano DLG Fajardo.<\/p>\n
The election will be held at the Garapan and Oleai Elementary Schools. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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