'Check if you're on list of multiple registrants'
MANILA, Philippines - Voters are advised to check their names in the watch list of multiple registrants to avoid disenfranchisement in the May 10 elections.
Elections Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal said voters have only eight week to verify whether they are in the list of double registrants.
“We encourage people to visit the Comelec offices in the different cities and municipalities to just verify their records and avoid confusion,” he said.
“There’s just (more than) a month to go so you can just pass by the Comelec office so we can also address your concerns.”
The Comelec said the watch list will serve as guide for voters, as well as to the Board of Election Inspectors to determine whether an individual is registered in the precinct where he or she will vote.
The poll body has discovered 704,542 multiple registrants in the voters’ list.
Based on a previous resolution, the Comelec ruled that in cases of voters with double registration, the latest registration shall be retained.
However, if the multiple registrations are within the same district/city/municipality, the original registration shall prevail, the Comelec added. – Mayen Jaymalin
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