THE COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) will be opening registration booths in select Robinsons shopping malls nationwide to encourage more voters to participate in next year’s elections.
“Our aim is to give the public an accessible and efficient registration experience and provide alternative satellite registration sites,” Comelec Spokesperson James B. Jimenez said in a statement on Wednesday.
Comelec will sign an agreement with Robinsons Land Corp. on July 12. Voter registration booths were set up in Robinsons malls in Aug.-Sept. 2019 for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections.
“We will release the final list of mall registration schedule once available. But the public may contact their local Comelec office directly to inquire about schedules specific to their city or municipality,” Mr. Jimenez said.
Registrants can submit documentary requirements and have their biometrics data taken at the mall sites.
Comelec said the satellite sites will accept a limited number of applicants daily in consideration of mall hours, and only residents of the locality or those intending to transfer their registration records will be accommodated.
Voter registration will be until Sept. 30.
Mr. Jimenez, in a virtual forum in late June, said they have already exceeded the target four million new registrants for next year’s polls. There are currently about 60 million registered voters. — MSJ