MANILA – The Commission on Elections directs all Offices of the Election Officers (OEO) to strictly follow the mandated registration hours, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, for the ongoing voter registration period which started last November 7, 2016. The OEOs are further required to conduct widespread information dissemination down to the barangay level for the early registration of qualified registrants without waiting for the last day of registration. “In exceptional situations wherein there is a large […]
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Reactivate your registration records, COMELEC urges deactivated voters
MANILA, Nov. 10 – The Commission on Elections is urging around 2 million deactivated voters to reactivate their registration records during the 5-month registration period from November 7, 2016 to April 29, 2017. Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said that there are still around 2 million voters whose records are deactivated. Under Republic Act 8189, also known as the Voters Registration Act of 1996, failure to vote in two consecutive national elections will result in the deactivation of […]
