Comelec-Zambo Sur registers low turnout of voters’ registration, biometrics validation

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Pagadian City Election Officer Dinah Sapong

By Hirohito D. Cadion

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, May 12 (PNA) -– The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has called on the barangay officials to assist them by way of informing the public about the on-going registration and validation of voters in this province.
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Provincial Election Assistant Pilar D. Tindoc made the call after they have observed low turnout of registrants as well as the biometrics validation of voters.

Tindoc has noted that there were even zero turnouts both for new voters’ registration and validation in some of this province’ municipalities.

This province comprises one city and 26 municipalities clustered into two congressional districts.

Tindoc said that they have so far recorded province-wide a total 867 individuals who registered and validated their biometrics registration as of Sunday.

Pagadian City COMELEC Office (Photo by JONG CADION)

The registration of new voters and validation of biometrics registration started last May 6.

Pagadian City Election Officer Dinah Sapong said that 357 of the 867 who registered and validated the registration are from this city.

Tindoc said that 88,115 representing 15 percent of the 607,998 registered voters in this province are without biometric data.

Sapong said that this city, which has a total of 126,686 registered voters, has 20,000 voters are without biometrics data. (PNA)
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Pagadian City COMELEC employees on the go from

Sunday to Friday for biometric validation and

registration of new voters (Photo by JONG CADION