Comelec ends registration with 2.59 million new voters

MANILA, Philippines --- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) logged almost 2.6 newly-registered voters on Saturday, the last day of voter registration. The exact figure is 2,593,909, according to Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco. The figure is broken down by age as follows: 1,615,144 are 15-to-17-year old 840,085 are 18-to-30 year olds 138,680 are 31 and above Laudiango asked the registrants for understanding for the long lines at Comelec offices and satellite list-up centers. According to him, the Voters Registration Act of 1996 prohibits registration 120 days before an election. July 23 is the last day for voter registration for the Sangguniang Ka...

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