NEW VOTERS. A Commission on Elections (Comelec) staff member assists students as they register as voters for the first time at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila in Intramuros, Manila on March 21, 2024. The Comelec said Thursday (Sept. 12) it has processed over 6 million voter applications since the registration period started seven months ago. (PNA photo by Yancy Lim)
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Thursday it has processed over 6 million voter applications since the registration period started seven months ago.
Citing its latest data, the poll body has received 6,131,834 applications filed from Feb. 12 to Sept. 11.
The region with the most number of applicants is still Calabarzon with 1,020,212; followed by the National Capital Region with 794,855; and Central Luzon with 691,627.
Cordillera Administrative Region has the lowest number of applicants processed with 86,991.
Aside from voter registration, the poll body also accepts transfer, change/corrections of entries in the registration records, reactivation of registration records, inclusion of registration records and reinstatement of name in the list of voters, and transfer of registration records from foreign service post to local.
Eligible to register as voters must be 18 years old and above, residing in the Philippines for at least one year, and residing in the area where he/she is looking to get registered for at least six months prior to Election Day.
The voter registration for next year's midterm polls would end on Sept. 30.
Meanwhile, the poll body said the number of deactivated voters is now at 5,376,630 as of July 15.
A majority of the deactivated voters are those that failed to vote in two successive preceding elections totaling to 5,371,376.
The poll body has deleted a total of 714,152 voter registration records.
Of this number, a total of 250,381 were deleted due to death while 228,070 have transferred to another city or municipality.
A total of 191,188 are double registrants, 42,216 applied for Overseas Absentee Voting while 2,297 have double entries. (PNA)
