Some 100,000 individuals found to have multiple voter registrations will soon be charged with election offenses, the Commission on Elections said Wednesday.
In a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon briefing, poll body spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said the number is part of the close to half a million registrants they have detected in 2023.
“Last year, we delisted some 500,000 double and multiple registrants. By our assessment, 100,000 of them were deliberate (attempts). Registration of more than once for purposes of being a flying voter is considered as an election offense,” Laudiangco said.
An election offense case is punishable with one to six years imprisonment, removal of right to vote and disqualification to hold public office. The spokesman said the filing of charges should serve as a warning against those planning to apply for more than one registration.