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Comelec suspends voter registration for Christmas, New Year holidays

The Commission on Elections is eyeing two million new voters in the ongoing registration for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October 2023.

Citing the low voter registration turnout, the Commission on Elections is appealing to the public to register through its regular registration and Register Anywhere Project.

The Commission on Elections will ramp up its information campaign for the register anywhere program following the low turnout of voter registration at sites outside Metro Manila.

Results showed 75.6% or 17,814 voted to convert the town into a component city of the province, while 24.19% or 5,702 voted against the measure.

Comelec not expecting high voter turnout in Baliwag plebiscite

A low voter turnout was expected in the plebiscite held yesterday to ratify the conversion of the municipality of Baliwag into a component city, according to Commission on Elections Chairman George Erwin Garcia.

The Commission on Elections is all set for the plebiscite today to ratify the conversion of Baliwag, Bulacan into a component city.

A significant number of registrants was recorded on the first day of  the resumption of voter registration on Monday, according to the Commission on Elections.

Former Commission on Elections chief Harriet Demetriou yesterday filed a complaint for offending religious feelings under the Revised Penal Code against exorcist Fr. Winston Cabading before the Quezon City prosecutor’s office.