00:00 The voter registration of the Commission on Elections for the election of 2025 has been arranged.
00:06 According to COMELEC Chairman George Garcia, in the first news,
00:09 their target is to register 3 million new voters.
00:13 Viajeng Kalayan Island in Palawan, Garcia and other COMELEC members are there today
00:18 to register the eligible voters there.
00:21 Aside from the COMELEC offices, the Register Anywhere Program has also been opened
00:25 or RAP in their mall, school and other public places.
00:30 This will speed up the process of voter registration.
00:34 Until August 31, you can register under the RAP.
00:39 While September 30 is the deadline of voter registration in COMELEC offices.
00:44 COMELEC's target for voter registration is 3 million new voters
00:49 from today until September 30.
00:52 For his discussion, we have with us in the news, COMELEC's spokesperson John Rex Laudianco.
00:57 Good morning and welcome to the news.
00:59 Good morning sir Rafi, Ms. Connie and all the other COMELEC members. Good morning.
01:06 Good morning attorney. First of all, what are the steps that COMELEC is taking
01:11 to reach our target of 3 million registered voters?
01:16 Good morning. We are using the Register Anywhere Program to expand and institutionalize.
01:22 Before, it was a small project. Now, it is a food-longing institutionalized program
01:26 that will reach all the highly organized cities of the country, all the capital towns, all the capital cities.
01:32 We have made a Register Anywhere Program. What is it for?
01:36 Our countrymen used to go to their villages to beg and beg for food.
01:42 Now, we are not just begging. We have a Register Anywhere Program that is located in 170 malls.
01:49 It is a very large issue.
01:51 You can go there and we will take care of it.
01:53 The data will reach you in the provinces. You will be able to vote. Just wait and see.
01:57 Attorney John, we can see you live in Manila.
02:02 We also heard from the news earlier that your Register Anywhere Program seems to be successful.
02:11 How is it in other areas? Do we have news?
02:15 We can see that our countrymen are really successful.
02:21 They don't need to go home to vote. They can go to their village.
02:26 For the first time, our office opened a register anywhere program in Intramuros.
02:35 So, I hope that our countrymen, when you go to Intramuros, you should go to your village.
02:41 And in the mosques of SM, Robinsons, Megarood, and Philippines, there is also a Register Anywhere Program.
02:48 But sir, I just want to ask, why is the deadline for voter registration for the Register Anywhere Program different?
02:57 That's right. Our regular registration is until September 30.
03:02 But the Register Anywhere Program is until August 31.
03:05 We need to send your data to the provinces by batch.
03:12 So that you can pass your name to the provinces.
03:16 The regular registration for the hearing can be done and we can organize everything that is not yet discussed.
03:23 So we need one month for the process.
03:26 We can give you a form, CEF Form No. 1, which is free and can be given to all registration sites.
03:33 Or you can download it from our website.
03:35 You can save money on this.
03:37 You can use it for any registration, like new, transfer, re-acclimation, correction, receipt of entries, and even the real statement.
03:43 Meaning, you can use it from the local office.
03:47 And you can bring a government issued ID.
03:51 We don't accept police clearance, cedular, and company ID.
03:56 And what is the latest on the new machines that will be used for the 25th election?
04:02 Sir, please listen to our post-qualification evaluation.
04:06 We expect that within two weeks, everything will be done, the testing that is done on the machines, and the decision-making, recommendation,
04:14 the extra-authority group of the Special Visa Award Committee that will be submitted to the Commission and Banks.
04:19 Okay. Thank you very much.
04:21 Comilec spokesperson, Atty. John Rex Laudianco.
04:24 Thank you very much.
04:26 We will now continue with the line of voter registration in the Comilec office in Manila.
04:32 We have a reporter on the spot, Manny Vargas of Super Radio DZBB. Manny.
04:37 Yes, Ms. Connie Atrefi.
04:40 New voters and transferees are already lining up for the Commission elections here in Lungsod, Manila,
04:46 along with the first to arrive at the reception of the Commission elections in Arroceros, Manila,
04:52 the 78-year-old IT Hau of Santa Cruz, Manila, who will register as a voter for the first time.
05:01 According to the IT Hau, who grew up in Davao City, they don't know about registering and voting.
05:07 In fact, her children are regularly being looked after here in Manila by voters,
05:12 and she is with them this morning.
05:15 Some of the reminders of the Commission elections are the delivery of government-issued IDs.
05:21 According to Comilec Commissioner Aileen Ferralino, if there is no ID from the government,
05:28 anyone who will register can also call the election officer who is in their area to ask for help.
05:36 According to the Comilec, regardless of the IDs and certifications, the barangay will call for identification,
05:45 certification as long as there is a picture and the certificate of confirmation
05:49 that was given by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples for our fellow countrymen.
05:56 Ms. Connie.
05:57 Thank you very much, Manny Vargas of Super Radio DZBB.
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