Bawal ang ghosting: Pangilinan asks Comelec to attend to voters registering at 2 a.m.

Filipinos lining up as early as 2 a.m. to get registered for the 2022 elections show that voter registration needs to be extended, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said on Thursday, a week before the September 30 deadline.

“Kitang-kita sa mahahabang pila madaling araw pa lang na sabik ang mga kababayan natin na makaboto. Huwag nating ipagkait ito,” he said.

The Senate on Tuesday approved on second reading Senate Bill 2408 or An Act Extending the Registration of Voters for the 2022 National and Local Elections.

Pangilinan earlier authored Senate Resolution 851 and Senate Concurrent Resolution 17, urging the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to move the voter registration deadline from September 30 to October 31.

“Kahit pa may banta ng Covid ay hinaharap ng mga pumipila. Hindi pwedeng i-ghost lang ng Comelec ang mga pila. Kailangang i-extend ang voter registration,” Pangilinan said.

According to Comelec, the number of registered voters as of September 18 is 62,470,000.
Pangilinan, however, notes that data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) show that the eligible voting population for 2022 is 73.3 million.

This leaves 10.83 million qualified voters that are yet to register.

“Hindi sapat ang isang linggo para i-accommodate ang lahat ng gustong magpa-rehistro. Inuulit ko: Ang September 30 deadline ay pre-pandemic deadline. Hindi kinonsider ang mga restriction ng pandemya,” Pangilinan said.

“The least Comelec can do is to extend the registration,” he added.

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