COMELEC to Hold Biometric Registration for Seniors & PWDs at Malls

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The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) announced on Saturday, May 24, 2014 that it is looking forward to hold biometric registration for senior citizens and PWDs for the 2016 elections.

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“Currently, voter’s registration and validation for senior citizens and PWDs are done in Comelec offices but we have received many requests that the voter registration be also conducted in malls, especially in SM, for convenience and that is what we are looking at,” COMELEC Poll Commissioner Grace Padaca said.

According to GMA News Online, the COMELEC is expecting millions of senior citizens and PWDs to participate for the biometric registration.

According to Padaca, many senior citizens and PWDs suggested that the registration will be imposed in accessible establishments in the country particularly SM malls.

The Commission on Election is currently conducting a nationwide voters registration for the May 2016 elections which will end on October 31, 2015.

Here’s the Requirements for New Voters: 

  1. At least eighteen (18) years of age on or before May 9, 2016 Synchronized National, Local and ARMM Regional Elections;
  2. A resident of the Philippines for at least one (1) year and in the place wherein he/she proposes to vote, for at least six (6) months immediately preceding the May 9, 2016 Synchronized National, Local and ARMM Regional Elections; and
  3. Not otherwise disqualified by law.

All new applicants for the COMELEC Registration should bring with them a photocopy of their Birth Certificate and One Valid ID for their registration.

Here’s the list of Valid Identification (ID) cards:

  1.  Current employee’s identification card (ID), with the signature of the employer or authorized representative;
  2. Postal ID;
  3. Student’s ID or library card, signed by the school authority;
  4. Senior Citizen’s ID;
  5. Driver’s license;
  6. NBI/PNP clearance;
  7. Passport;
  8. SSS/GSIS ID;
  9. Integrated Bar of the Philippine (IBP) ID;
  10. PWD Discount ID
  11. License issued by the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC)
  12. Certificate of Confirmation issued by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) in case of members of ICCs or IPs; and
  13. Any other valid ID.

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