Exactly two weeks earlier than the voter registration ends, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) mentioned it has registered greater than 1 million new voters for the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in October.
“Based on the last update on registration as of January 13, 2023 the running total of registration applications is already at 1,024,521,” Comelec spokesperson Rex Laudiangco mentioned in a Viber message to reporters Tuesday.
He mentioned the ballot physique is anticipating that the quantity will considerably improve after the inclusion of the registrations which they performed final week in addition to the continued purposes.
The determine excludes the registrations made by the Register Anywhere Project of Comelec which already tallied 3,992 registrants as of January 15, Laudiangco added.
Last week, Comelec chairman Goerge Garcia mentioned the ballot physique has but to realize half of its anticipated 1.5 to 2 million new registrants for this yr’s village and youth council polls.
As of Monday final week, Garcia mentioned there are round 400,000 voters who registered with Comelec.
The voter registration for the BSKE began on December 12, 2022 and can finish on January 31, 2023.
Registrants could go to the workplace of the election officer or satellite tv for pc registration websites of their areas from Monday to Saturday, together with holidays, from 8 a.m. to five p.m.
The Register Anywhere Project in the meantime runs from December 17, 2022 to January 25, 2023.
The BSKE was purported to be held in December 2022 however was moved to October 2023.—LDF,GMA Integrated News
