OVER 4 million new voters are expected by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to participate with the resumption of voter registration for the 2022 national and local polls on Monday.
“Voter registration will resume January 20, and will run until September 30 [next year],” Comelec spokesman James B. Jimenez said in a news conference last Friday. “We expect some 4.3 million to get registered.”
This is more than double than their 2 million new registrants for the rescheduled 2020 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Election, which will now also be held on 2022.
“Whenever it is a presidential elections, people are more excited to participate,” Jimenez said. He didn’t offer a scientific explanation for the data estimates.
Jimenez said the longer registration period will give more time for more people to become registered voters.
With the resumption of the voter registration, Comelec will, once again, process applications for registration, transfer of registration records, change/correction of entries in the registration record, reactivation of registration record and reinstatement of name in the list of voters.
Jimenez said applications should be submitted personally at the Office of the Election Officer of the city or municipality where the applicant resides from Mondays to Saturdays, including holidays, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.