By Mayen Jaymalin – With Jess Diaz (The Philippine Star)
Link: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=558160&publicationSubCategoryId=63
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) confirmed yesterday the existence of 700,000 double registrants nationwide.
The Comelec’s Information and Technology Department (ITD), with the use of algorithmic matching, found a total of 704,542 voters with double or multiple registration records.
With the discovery, the Comelec immediately issued a resolution to curb the number of double registrants in the coming May elections.
Under Resolution No. 8791, the Comelec en banc directed all Board of Elections Inspectors (BEIs) not to allow voters with double registration to vote in their respective precincts.
The Comelec also ordered the names of double registrants to be deleted in the next Elections Registration Board (ERB) hearings.
The Comelec also tasked the Election and Barangay Affairs Department in coordination with the ITD to implement the resolution.
The ITD printed a list of voters whose registration records are not valid per precinct and per district/municipality/city, and disseminated the same to all Election Officers concerned, the Comelec said.
Earlier, Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal refuted the reported existence of some five million double registrants who are likely to vote more than once in the coming elections.
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) confirmed yesterday the existence of 700,000 double registrants nationwide.
The Comelec’s Information and Technology Department (ITD), with the use of algorithmic matching, found a total of 704,542 voters with double or multiple registration records.
With the discovery, the Comelec immediately issued a resolution to curb the number of double registrants in the coming May elections.
Under Resolution No. 8791, the Comelec en banc directed all Board of Elections Inspectors (BEIs) not to allow voters with double registration to vote in their respective precincts.
The Comelec also ordered the names of double registrants to be deleted in the next Elections Registration Board (ERB) hearings.
The Comelec also tasked the Election and Barangay Affairs Department in coordination with the ITD to implement the resolution.
The ITD printed a list of voters whose registration records are not valid per precinct and per district/municipality/city, and disseminated the same to all Election Officers concerned, the Comelec said.
Earlier, Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal refuted the reported existence of some five million double registrants who are likely to vote more than once in the coming elections.
