{"id":272591,"date":"2020-10-22T03:24:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T07:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=272591"},"modified":"2020-10-22T03:24:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T07:24:53","slug":"voter-registration-now-from-monday-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/10\/22\/voter-registration-now-from-monday-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Voter registration now from Monday-Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_210340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210340\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1200px-Palacio_Del_Gobernador.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-210340\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1200px-Palacio_Del_Gobernador.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1200px-Palacio_Del_Gobernador.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1200px-Palacio_Del_Gobernador-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1200px-Palacio_Del_Gobernador-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1200px-Palacio_Del_Gobernador-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1200px-Palacio_Del_Gobernador-20x13.jpeg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-210340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Starting next month, the voter registration will be from Mondays to Fridays, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday. (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=21560267\">File Photo By Elmer B. Domingo &#8211; Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Starting next month, the voter registration will be from Mondays to Fridays, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said the schedule has been adjusted as they will be disinfecting every Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commission on Elections deems it necessary to revert to the weekday schedule to make way for Saturday disinfection days in all offices of the Election Officer nationwide,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Voter registration, which resumed on Sept. 1, was scheduled from Tuesdays to Saturdays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeginning November 9, 2020, the conduct of voter registration will be from Mondays to Fridays, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.,\u201d Jimenez added.<\/p>\n<p>He said voter registration remains suspended pursuant to Resolution No. 10674, in critical areas that may be under localized enhanced community quarantine as determined by authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Jimenez reminded the public that Covid-19 precautions are strictly implemented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWearing of face mask and face shield is mandatory, the number of people to be allowed inside the Comelec office will be limited to ensure compliance with physical distancing requirements, and applicants are encouraged to bring their own pens,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The voter registration will run until Sept. 30, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The poll body also announced that voter registration will be suspended on Oct. 31, 2020 in observance of All Saints&#8217; and All Souls&#8217; Days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVoter registration will resume the following Tuesday, November 3, 2020,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Starting next month, the voter registration will be from Mondays to Fridays, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":210340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272602,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272591\/revisions\/272602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}