{"id":64032,"date":"2015-11-02T02:52:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T08:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=64032"},"modified":"2015-11-02T02:52:53","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T08:52:53","slug":"comelec-not-all-registrants-are-allowed-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/11\/02\/comelec-not-all-registrants-are-allowed-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Comelec: Not all registrants are allowed to vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20130702074335COMELEC_Seal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-32775\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20130702074335COMELEC_Seal.png\" alt=\"20130702074335!COMELEC_Seal\" width=\"288\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20130702074335COMELEC_Seal.png 230w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20130702074335COMELEC_Seal-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20130702074335COMELEC_Seal-144x144.png 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">MANILA, PHILIPPINES &#8211; The Commissions on Elections (Comelec) clarified that not all registrants who rushed to their nearest malls and LGU\u2019s establishments are eligible to vote in the coming May 2016 polls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Comelec Spokesman James Jimenez, explained that the filing of an application form of registration (AFR) does not automatically make one as a registered voter. The application still need to undergo a tedious process before the names can be included in the official list of voters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMany have (filed) and they think they are already registered voters. But, technically speaking, they are not because they have to pass through the evaluation of the Election Registration Board (ERB). Only after the ERB has heard and approved their voter applications can they say that they are valid voters,\u201d said Jimenez to the reporters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Jimenez said that each city and municipality has its own ERB composed of the election officer, a public school official, and the local civil registrar. The ERB allows anyone to contest the validity of a voter\u2019s application.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIf there is no petition filed against the AFRs, then chances are the application will be immediately approved by the board,\u201d Jimenez added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The ERB could reject an application for registration based on the questions of residency and citizenship of the applicant. The question of validity of AFRs can be filed in different ERBs until Jan. 29, 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Jimenez also added that to be able to vote in the upcoming elections, the applicant must have also gone through the Automated Fingerprints Identification System (AFIS) aside from secured ERB approval. The System allows the Comelec to cross-match the biometrics of voters\u2019 registrations to avoid and eliminate double and multiple registrants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">All the ERBs all over the country have until Feb. 4, 2016 to conduct hearings and screen the list of voters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Comelec is set to give the list of certified voters on Feb. 9, 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, PHILIPPINES &#8211; The Commissions on Elections (Comelec) clarified that not all registrants who rushed to their nearest malls and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":32775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-64032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-rewrite","mauthors-mavelle-p-durian","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64032","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=64032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}