Elections in the Philippines currently elected in the same year as the other officials, are elected separately the succeeding months (see below). From 1949 to 1971, election days are held every second Tuesday of November of every odd-numbered year with the presidential and vice presidential election held the every fourth year starting from 1951. Barangay-level elections, starting from 2007, are to be held every three years during the last Monday of October, although these elections are frequently postponed (and incumbents' terms are extended) as a cost-saving measure. Elections for the positions in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), starting from 2011, are to
Elections in the Dominican Republic At the local level, cities government positions elections are held in a nationwide modallity every four years on the third Sunday of February in leap year, coinciding in a single Election Year with the presidential and congressional elections. Elections in the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a unitary state with elected officials at the national and local levels. On a national level, head of state, the President, is elected directly by the people. All members of a national legislature, The Congress of the Republic ("Congreso de la República") divided in two chambers. The Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.