The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reiterated that it will not extend its voter registration deadline set on 30 September, as the number of voter applicants for the 2025 midterm elections reached more than 5.3 million.
Comelec chairman George Garcia also appealed to the 5.2 million deactivated voters to apply for reactivation as the poll body, saying at present, that there are 65.9 million registered voters.
“The 5.2 million need to reactivate their registration because we don›t have an extension,” Garcia told reporters.
Region 4-A (Calabarzon) is still recorded with the highest number of applicants with 901,562, followed by the National Capital Region with 712,458, and Region 3 (Central Luzon) with 618,106.
Voter registration activities are held Mondays to Saturdays, including holidays, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in all Offices of the Election Officer (OEO) nationwide.
Garcia is hopeful that the poll body will reach its target of 70 million registered voters at the end of the registration period.
