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The Commission on Elections aims to achieve a 5% increase in the number of registered voters nationwide for the upcoming May 2025 local elections.

Full story: https://www.rappler.com/nation/visayas/comelec-eyes-increase-registered-voters-2025-polls/
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00:00 The Commission on Elections aims to achieve a 5% increase in the number of registered
00:05 voters nationwide for the upcoming May 2025 local elections.
00:09 To accomplish this goal, the COMELEC is implementing Register Anywhere program or RAP in highly
00:14 urbanized cities in the country.
00:16 There are 67.8 million registered voters nationwide going by October 2023's Barangay elections.
00:23 A 5% increase in registered voters nationwide translates to over 3 million new voters.
00:28 Central Visayas has a total of 5,415,071 registered voters, with a majority coming from Cebu,
00:35 followed by Bohol and Negros Oriental.
00:38 COMELEC Region 7 Director Lionel Castellano says the main purpose of the RAP is to accommodate
00:43 students and workers in urban cities who want to vote in their home provinces.
00:47 (upbeat music)
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