As the BSKE approaches, around 41,000 DepEd 7 teaching and non-teaching personnel have completed their training and seminars. Comelec 7 director Lionel Marco Castillano said that there will be 46,821 personnel involved in the electoral board for the upcoming election. Salustiano Jimenez, DepEd 7 Director, clarified that approximately 41,000 teachers had been designated for election duties. With an increased honoraria for electoral board poll workers, security forces will be deployed to voting centers throughout the region.