Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 29) — Over 31,000 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) would be allowed to vote in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on Oct. 30, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
Of the total PDL voters, 29,133 will vote in the special polling precincts of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP).
The remaining 1,992 PDLs will be escorted by jail officers and cast their votes in their respective registered precincts in barangays.
The Commission on Elections Resolution No. 9371 states that PDLs who are qualified to vote in the local polls are those with formal charges and awaiting trial while confined in jail, those serving prison sentences for less than one year, or those who are convicted for rebellion or sedition.
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