Voter Registration FAQs

This post will be continuously updated as more questions are asked and answer. The COMELEC recently announced that #VoterReg would resume on 1 September 2020, for those areas not under ECQ or MECQ (NCR, hold your breath). And with #VoterReg having lain dormant for about five months already, there are going to be a number of questions. Here we go.

Do we have online registration?

https://twitter.com/margavsmachine/status/1294522227501625344?s=20

Short answer: For now, personal appearance at the Election Office in your area – in this case Pampanga if that’s where you intend to vote in #22 – remains a requirement. If you’re eligible to vote where you are now – say Manila – you’d still have to physically show up at the Manila office.

https://twitter.com/_twistedhalo/status/1294908948621869056?s=20

Short Answer: Yes, it is. There are just some identity verification issues that need to be sorted out first. Hopefully, that hypothetical future will soon become the “imminent” future, and then, reality

Dormant Voter Registrations

https://twitter.com/TatayNiTae/status/1294821660881641474?s=20

Short Answer: Yes, you can. You might be able to simply file an application for REACTIVATION WITH TRANSFER OF REGISTRATION. however, since 20 years … baka na sama ka na sa pag dedelist sa #NoBioNoBoto, so you might need to register as a new voter.

Sangguniang Kabataan

https://twitter.com/mamamoyvl/status/1294818849024380928?s=20

Short Answer: Registered SK Voters need not register anew when they turn 18. COMELEC automatically includes SK voters who turn 18 in the list of ‘regular voters,’ and automatically removes them from the SK roll of voters when they ‘graduate’ from SK.

Transfers

https://twitter.com/acqvadigio/status/1294901641397678081?s=20

Short Answer: For FIRST TIME VOTERS. For first time voters, you need to present a valid ID, and proof of residency in the place where you live. In this case, Cebu City. Just make sure na yung ID mo, may Cebu City address. #MagparehistroKa Short Answer: For TRANSFER OF REGISTRATION: 1) Go to the COMELEC office in the place where you transferred to; and 2) present proof of your residence there. Dun ka pumunta sa COMELEC sa kung saan ka magta-transfer; at patunay lang na residente ka na duon.

Overseas Voting

https://twitter.com/NinioCalle13/status/1294912394783678464?s=20

Short Answer: Please go to the COMELEC officer where you live, fill out 1) the transfer of registration form; and 2) the overseas voting transfer form and submit both forms to the Election Officer. You’re going to have to show proof of residence, i.e., your address here. More questions coming…