COTABATO CITY – Close to 700 teachers from six towns of Maguindanao refuse to work as Board of Election Tellers for the Oct. 28 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls, citing security reasons.

In a communiqué to Commission on Elections (Comelec) – Maguindanao polls supervisor Udtog Tago, the teachers said they were the targets of irate losing candidates during past elections.

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