DAVAO CITY, June 8 (PIA) Acting City Election
Officer Atty. Marlon Casquejo urged residents to undergo biometrics
registration to guarantee that they can exercise the right to vote in the local
and national elections in 2016.
He explained that the turn-out of the biometric
registration remains low despite bringing the activity to the barangay level.
Casquejo said the biometric registration aims to
reach out to 179,000 voters in Davao City alone and 270,000 voters in other
parts of Davao Region.
“The biometrics registration aims to cleanse the
list of voters of flying voters, deceased and double registration,” he said.
Casquejo who is also the acting regional
election of the Commission on Elections 11 explained that those affected
by the biometric registration will be the voters who were listed officially
from 2003 and below.
Biometric registration is based on the law,
Republic Act 10367, aimed at listing the vital statistics, picture and signature
of the voters using the computer system.
It is the policy of the State to establish
a clean, complete, permanent and updated list of voters through the adoption of
biometric technology. (PIA 11-Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)
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