Comelec-Reg. 6 ready for voter’s listing on May 6

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines — The Comelec office of Region 6 is now set for the voters’ registration on May 6.

Comelec-6 regional director Dennis Ausan said all provincial election supervisors in the region already know what to do and had already started preparations.

Ausan said the voters’ registration, under Comelec Resolution 9853, will run until October 31, 2015, with Comelec offices open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., from Sunday to Thursday. “We want to cater to students and professionals who are not available to register on weekdays,” he said.

Aside from registration of new voters, the Comelec will also accommodate those seeking for transfer of registration records, change or corrections of entries in the registration records, reactivation of registration records, inclusion of registration records and reinstatement on the list of voters.

Ausan reminded the voters with incomplete biometrics data to update their records or else they will be removed from the voters’ list will not be able to vote in the 2016 elections. They may only reactivate their registration after 2016.

Comelec records showed a total of 9,018,256 registered voters who do not have biometrics data, he added.