Comelec Logs 1.2M Registrants

Within 5 days of voter registration

- — Mayen Jaymalin

The number of people who have registered to vote in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in December has exceeded one million, according to the Commission on Elections.

Comelec Chairman George Garcia yesterday said the poll body has received at least 1.2 million applications since the voter registration started on Aug. 1.

"First time in the history of our elections that 1.2 million people registered in just a matter of five days," Garcia said.