THE Commission on Elections’ ongoing voter registration has hit more than 4 million applicants or more than 100 percent of its original target of 2 million.
Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said Wednesday that the latest tally nationwide shows the total number of applications processed has reached 4,358,430.
Garcia said the total includes the reactivation of 260,000 voters out of the nearly 5 million who were delisted for failure to vote in the last two elections, those with court orders for exclusion, and those who failed to validate their records.
Commission on Elections Chairman George Erwin Garcia (left) with National Bureau of Investigation Director Jaime Santiago. PHOTO BY MIKE ALQUINTO
Region 4A or Calabarzon still tops the list with 742,925 registrants, followed by Metro Manila with 603,496, Central Luzon or Region 3 with 510,503, Davao Region or Region 11 with 255,213, and Central Visayas or Region 7 with 230,954.
Garcia said that with more than two months to go before the registration ends on September 30, applications could reach 5 million.
“We don’t want anybody to be left behind. We want every qualified voter to register and vote in the upcoming elections,” he added.
A Filipino who is at least 18 years of age on Election Day on May 12, 2025, a resident of the Philippines for at least 1 year, and residing in the place where he or she intends to vote at least six months immediately preceding the 2025 midterm polls, is qualified to vote.
Students who are 17 years old now but would turn 18 on or before the May 12, 2025 elections may also register using their student IDs.
The resumption of the continuing system of registration started on February 12 and will end on September 30.
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