Comelec to Voters: Update Registration

●Comelec-7 is expecting 2.3 million new registrants, but to date 45,000 out of the 2.5 million total voters in Cebu have applied for registration, validation.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec)-7 has appealed to Cebuano voters on Thursday to register, validate, or update their registration as early as possible.

Comelec said that to date, 45,000 out of the 2.5 million total voters in Cebu City and Cebu province have applied for registration, validation or updating of their registration.

“We would like to request assistance from the media, stakeholders, and the church to inform the public to register as early as now for us to be on-track,” Comelec-7 Election Assistant Arthur Patiga said.

Comelec earlier launched its campaign to encourage voters to register their biometrics so they can participate in the 2016 elections. The agency is expecting 2.3 million new registrants.

Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes, Jr. said that under the new law, biometrics are mandatory.

Meanwhile, Comelec-7 Officer IV Atty. Ferdinand Gujilde said that the rules on campaign advertising in cyberspace remain the same, including spam regulation, which does not prohibit sending campaign advertisements through e-mails.