An online guide for voters of Naga City on candidates running for public office, their brief resume, advocacy and platforms of government this coming May 14, 2007 local elections. Moreover, not only will it feature local aspirants as half of the Senate positions are likewise contested. The site will also be an aggregation of news, blogs and other external resources to provide available information linked over the web.
The 2007 Elections are known as the Philippine midterm election as the election date falls half-way through President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s current six-year term. All the seats in the Philippine House of Representatives are up for grabs. Representatives are elected for three year terms. The duly elected legislators of the 2007 elections will join the elected senators of the 2004 elections and will comprise the 14th Congress of the Philippines.
Most representatives win seats by being elected directly, the constituency being a geographical district comprising of about 250,000 voters. There are 212 seats in total for all the legislative districts. There are also seats for organized representation of special minorities. Such representatives gain one seat for every 2% of the total number of votes in the national electorate, but are limited to three seats.
Local elections for governor, vice governor, mayoral posts (municipality and city) are up for grabs as well.
Source. Wikipedia