Over 900,000 new voters registered for 2025 polls
By GISELLE OMBAY, GMA Integrated News Published March 5, 2024 3:22pm Updated March 5, 2024 3:21pm Less than a month since the start of the application period for new voters, there are now 910,918 new voters registered for the 2025 national and local elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Tuesday. According to Comelec […]
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By GISELLE OMBAY, GMA Integrated News
Less than a month since the start of the application period for new voters, there are now 910,918 new voters registered for the 2025 national and local elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Tuesday.
According to Comelec data, as of March 4, most applicants – 165,702 – came from Calabarzon. The National Capital Region followed with 140,638, and Central Luzon with 98,976.
The Cordillera Administrative Region had the least number of applications processed at 10,346.
More than half of the new registrants, 474,396, were female, while there were 436,522 males.
The Comelec expected at least three million Filipinos to register as new voters nationwide ahead of the May 2025 midterm polls.
The voter registration period started last month, February 12, and will end on September 30, 2024.
Applicants may register from Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., in any Comelec office nationwide.
The poll body’s Register Anywhere Project (RAP) was also open for those who wish to register to vote in designated sites like malls and schools. — DVM, GMA Integrated News
