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Voters register at a Manila shopping mall during a test run in July 2022. — FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Over 600,000 deactivated voters have applied for reactivation a year before the 2025 midterm elections, said the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday. According to Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco, the reactivation requests are part of the 6.
4 million total applications the poll body has received a year before the 2025 midterm elections. “Umabot na po sa 6.4 million ang application na natanggap po namin.
Dito po sa 6.4 million po na iyan ay 3.3 million po dyan ang nadagdag na mga bagong botante natin,” he said in a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon briefing.
“2.6 million po dyan ay bagong botante at mahigit 600,000 na po ang nagpapa-reactivate pa,” he noted. (2.
6 million of them are new voters and more than 600,000 are reactivating.) Laudiangco then said more applications are expected before the month ends, especially for those persons seeking reactivation. “Inaasahan nga po namin na susunod na dalawang linggo na nalalabi para sa registration ay mas dadami pa po ang mag-a-apply bilang bagong rehistradong botante at lalong-lalo na po iyong mga na-deactivate,” he said.
(We do expect that in the next two weeks that are left for registration, more people will apply as newly registered voters, especially those who have been deactivated.) Comelec previously extended the deadline for the online application for reactivation from September 7 to 25. READ: Comelec: Deactivated voters exceed new ones Meanwhile, Laudiangco reminded the public that the voter’s registration will end on September 30.
“Wala na pong registry extension. Pinal na po ito dahil po between October 1 to 8 ay filing of certificates of candidacy na po ng mga senators, party-lists, pati na rin po ng local government officials at mga candidates nito,” he said. (There is no longer a registry extension.
It is already final because between October 1 to 8 is the filing of certificates of candidacy by senators, party-lists, as well as local government officials and their candidates.) Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy .
He also reminded Filipinos overseas to have themselves registered for online voting, noting that only 1.6 million are registered out of the 15 million Filipinos recorded to be in other countries..
