October 25 is fast approaching and the days before this event will be so busy for the Barangay and SK position candidates. Comelec has extended the SK registration even on weekends to accommodate the new voters. Comelec also updated its voters list, removing almost 6 million voters. If you have a double registration, have lost citizenship or failed to vote in two consecutive elections, you might be among those removed from the Comelec voters list.
We expect another round of campaign jingles, gimmicks, and freebies from the candidates. It will also be interesting how the candidate would adjust now that we have automated elections. But alongside this high tech election polls, campaigning also goes high tech with the exploits of social media like Facebook, Friendster, etc. This is already evident so we expect lots of endorsement from FB pages.
But the conventional approach is still the method that covers the greater number of voters - the masang Pilipino. Radio Ads, TV Ads and celebrity endorsement. But these are not really necessary for Barangay and SK Elections. Because of the smaller voting population for barangays, distribution of freebies and campaign materials like t-shirts, flyers, buttonpins, caps, printed photos, tarpaulins, and keychains will do the job.
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