• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
The Commission on Elections has registered 6,858 voter applicants in Negros Island Region, within a five-day period, from October 20 to 25.
Negros Occidental has 4,751 registrants, Negros Oriental – 1,961, while 146 were reported in Siquijor.
Among the registrants in Negros Occidental, a total of 990 were recorded in the 6th district, 2nd district – 551, 1st district – 548, 3rd district – 465, 5th district – 432, 4th district – 381, while 1,393 were recorded in highly urbanized Bacolod City.
Seven residents took advantage of the Comelec’s Register Anywhere Program (RAP) at the Bacolod City office, an initiative allowing eligible voters to enroll outside their home precincts for convenience.
The registration of new voters will end in July next year.
Eligible applicants include Filipino citizens aged 18 and above, permanent residents of their respective voting precincts for at least six months before the election, and those who have not yet registered as voters.
Comelec-NIR advised applicants to bring valid identification documents to speed up their registration process.*
