Voter applications after Dec. 12 have increased by 2M: Comelec
Since the beginning of the registration session on December 12, 2022, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has received more than 2 million voter applications.
A total of 2,085,142 applications have been submitted as of January 27 according to data from the election body that was made public on Monday.
The statistic includes all applications submitted through the Register Anywhere Project at nearby Comelec offices, malls, schools, and other public institutions (RAP).
1,242,822 of the total are new voter applicants. Most of them—582,299—are between the ages of 15 and 17; 542,553 are between the ages of 18 and 30; and 117,970 are over the age of 31.
For the Sangguniang Kabataan elections, eligible Filipino youth between the ages of 15 and 30 may cast their ballots, whereas voters must be at least 18 to cast their ballot in the village elections.
The statistics also revealed that there are currently 78,691 applications for reactivation.
466,425 people have applied to transfer from another city or municipality, while 122,294 people have applied to transfer within the same city or municipality.
There were 18,832 requests for transfers with reactivation, 6,383 requests for transfers with reactivation and entry corrections, and 23,490 requests for transfers with entry corrections.
Applications for reactivation with entry corrections were 21,413; for name changes and entry corrections, 90,772; for record inclusion in the voter book, 122; for reinstatement in the voter list, 40; and for transfer from overseas absentee voting (OAV), 8,073.
On Tuesday, the period for registering to vote will expire.
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