Comelec extends voter reactivation deadline

MANILA, Philippines — Over five million deactivated voters have until Sept. 25 to reactivate their registration to be able to vote in the 2025 midterm elections, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

In a resolution approved on Monday, the Comelec extended the deadline for online filing of applications for voter reactivation.

“Due to the large number of deactivated voters who have yet to apply for reactivation status, the commission resolved to extend the deadline to Sept. 25,” the Comelec said.

Data showed that only 556,231 or 10 percent of the more than 5.3 million deactivated voters have applied for reactivation status.

Deactivated voters can file their application for reactivation online as long as they have biometrics in the Comelec office where they registered.

The deadline for reactivation of voter registration was supposed to end on Sept. 7.

The Comelec has deactivated 5,376,630 voters for failing to vote in the past two elections.

2025 voters hit 6.25 million

The number of registered voters for the 2025 midterm elections has reached more than six million, Comelec Chairman George Garcia said.

Garcia said the poll body has processed 6,250,050 applications since the start of the registration period in February.