Voter registration for 2028 polls resumes today

MANILA, November 10 ------ The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will resume the nationwide voter registration today for the May 2028 National and Local Elections (NLE).

The registration period will be until July 30, 2027 at local Comelec offices and selected malls nationwide from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Our registration is about to start again. It has been set early because there is no BSKE (Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections) due to the new law. It will begin on Nov. 10 until July 30, 2027,” Comelec Chairperson George Garcia said in an interview Monday.

Republic Act No. 12326 sets a five-year term for BSK officials and moves the next BSKE to Nov. 13, 2028, instead of Nov. 2 this year. The poll body will launch the registration drive at Rizal Park in Manila on Tuesday through its Register Anywhere Program (RAP). “The Comelec wants to show that we are ready to hold the registration,” Garcia said. Garcia said the nine-month registration period would be the last opportunity for voters to register or update their records ahead of the 2028 elections. “This period of nine months from November to July 2027 is our last registration period for the 2028 NLE,” he said.

The Comelec will accept applications for first-time voter registration; transfer of registration records from one local jurisdiction to another; reactivation of registration records; change of name or correction of entries; inclusion or reinstatement of registration records; and transfer of records from a foreign service post to a local jurisdiction. It will also accept applications for record updates involving persons with disabilities, senior citizens, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Cultural Communities and other members of vulnerable sectors.

The poll body is targeting to register around three million voters during the period.

Source: mb.com.ph