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Published February 25, 2021, 3:07 PM
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Office for Overseas Voting (OFOV) warned Thursday, Feb. 25, the public, particularly the overseas Filipinos against transacting with 1 VOTE PH/ ONE VOTE PH, saying that it is “not an accredited citizen’s arm or civil society partner” of the poll body.
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In a disclaimer notice issued Thursday, the Commission and OFOV said an organization named 1 VOTE PH/ONE VOTE PH has been introducing itself as a non-profit/ community organization on Facebook and in email blasts to various government agencies.
According to the poll body, the group announced that it has a purported “nationwide campaign for educating the public regarding voter registration, voting, electoral reform and other issues concerning our rights to vote and about general election.”
The Comelec is looking to register some 4 million new voters during the nationwide voter registration that resumed on Sept. 1, 2020 and will run until Sept. 30, 2021. (File Photo By Elmer B. Domingo – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0)
MANILA – Over 1.3 million would be voters have so far filed their applications for registration for the May 2022 national and local elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Monday.
Latest data from the poll body’s Election Records and Statistics Department (ERSD) showed that a total of 1,339,346 applications have been processed nationwide as of Feb. 4.
The Comelec is looking to register some 4 million new voters during the nationwide voter registration that resumed on Sept. 1, 2020 and will run until Sept. 30, 2021.