With only 83 days are left to register for 2022 elections, the Philippine Commission on Elections (Comelec) is urges the public to register themselves through its campaign on interactive sites to have more Filipino voters.
June 12 witnessed the commission launching its interactive website “magparehistroka.com” with national heroes and key figures of the Philippine revolution like Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, and Tandang Sora being highlighted to showcase the Filipinos voting power.
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The same month witnessed Comelec also launching its Mobile Registration Form App that runs through any Android device in 500 areas nationwide.
Comelec is seeking to ensure that more Filipinos transfer, reactivate or change their voter registration details through the data filling process — in which a QR code will be generated for which should be shown physically to an election office for confirmation.
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Comelec also noted that Filipinos in the past decades had fought to get voting rights. An infographic showing former First Lady Aurora Quezon shared that Filipinas, for instance, were ahead of women in France and Japan to get voting rights. The infographic of Quezon also urged potential voter registrants to maintain health protocols and “avoid flirting” while submitting their registration applications. (RA)
