ZAMBOANGA CITY - Election officials expect an increase of 6,000 new voters in this city once the registration of voters ends on November 30, this year.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) resumed the registration of voters on November 6 following the postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections to May 14, 2018.
The resumption of voter registration is pursuant to Comelec Resolution No. 10214, promulgated last October 24.
Lawyers Stephen Roy Cañete and Lerdo Matildo Jr., election officers for the first and second legislative districts, respectively, said they expect additional 3,000 new voters to register in each of their area of jurisdictions.
Cañete said his office has already served 1,264 individuals since November 6. Of the total figure, 1,007 are new regular voter registrants, 30 SK registrants while the remaining 227 have reactivated and corrected their registration data.
Matildo said they have already served 1,103 individuals since November 6. Of the total, 787 are regular voter registrants, 55 SK voters and the remaining 261 are reactivation and data correction of registration.
Reactivation refers to voters whose registration the Comelec has deactivated after they failed to vote for two consecutive elections.
Both Cañete and Matildo urged the public to register early to avoid the rush.
The local election offices are opened on Sundays and holidays to accommodate registration of voters.
District 1 covers 37 of this city’s 98 barangays with current registered voters of 226,452. The district has 76,740 SK registered voters.
District 2 covers the remaining 61 barangays with current registered voters of 213,208. There are 69,893 SK registered voters in the district. (PNA/R. G. Antonet Go) NOVEMBER 2017
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