Comelec says multiple registrants can vote

While facing investigation and possible criminal suit, the estimated one million double or multiple registrants still have the chance to vote in the May 2025 midterm elections, the Commission on Elections said yesterday.

- MAYEN JAYMALIN

Comelec Chairman George Garcia said only the "subsequent registrations" of multiple registrants will be removed from the official list of voters.

"The multiple registrations won't be removed; the registration is retained even for a double or multiple registrant. The initial registration remains," Garcia said in a radio interview yesterday.

"A person cannot be deprived of his right to vote, as stated in our Constitution," he added.

According to Garcia, the Comelec has identified around a million double and multiple registrants following the hearings conducted by the Election Registration Board (ERB) from February until September.