The Commission on Elections (Comelec) stated it’s anticipating at the least three million Filipinos to register as voters nationwide, based on Sandra Aguinaldo’s report on “24 Oras.”
“All systems go na at talaga po magsisimula na ang voters registration come February 12, 2024,” stated Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco in a zoom interview.
(It’s all programs go, and voter registration will start on February 12, 2024.)
All Comelec places of work will maintain actions to rejoice National Voter’s Day and to advertise and encourage voter registration consciousness.
Comelec earlier stated round 170 malls throughout the nation are anticipated to host its Register Anywhere Project for the voter registration forward of the 2025 nationwide and native elections.
“Kahit po 17 years old pa lang kayo ngayon, pero by May 12, 2025, o yung second Monday of May po na yan, ay 18 na po kayo, pwede na po kayong magparehistro. At tatanggapin din po namin yung inyong school ID at yung inyong library card. Basta ito, again, meron pong pangalan, pirma, birthday at larawan po ninyo,” Laudiangco stated.
(Even if you’re solely 17 years previous now, however by May 12, 2025, or the second Monday of May, you may be 18, you may register. We will even settle for your faculty ID and library card. It should comprise your title, signature, birthday, and movie.)
Upon registration, candidates should additionally current one of many following government-issued identification playing cards (ID) bearing their signature:
- National Identification (ID) card underneath the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys)
- Postal ID card
- PWD ID card
- Student’s ID card or library card, signed by the college authority
- Senior Citizen’s ID card
- Land Transportation Office (LTO) Driver’s License/Student Permit
- National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Clearance
- Philippine Passport
- Social Security System (SSS)/Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) or different Unified Multi-Purpose ID card
- Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) ID card
- License issued by the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC)
- Certificate of Confirmation issued by the National Commission on
- Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) in case of members of ICCs or IPs
- Barangay Identification/ Certification with picture or
- Any different government-issued legitimate ID
“Kung sakali man pong wala, pwede po kayong kumuha ng barangay certification, basta po yung barangay certification, again, merong pangalan, larawan, merong pirma, at merong address at birthday po ninyo,” Laudiangco added.
(If you have got none of those IDs, you will get a barangay certification so long as the certification has your title, picture, signature, deal with, and birthday.)
Meanwhile, the ballot physique reminded that double and a number of registrants could face an election offense case with a jail time period of 1 to 3 years.
The voter registration will run till September 30, 2024.—Sherylin Untalan/LDF, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
