MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Jan. 30 (PIA) --- The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has resolved to resume the system of continuing registration of voters and validation of registration records in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on March 5, 2012.
Lawyer Nasib Yasin, Provincial Election Supervisor, said the continuing registration of voters slated from March 5 to October 31, 2012 was ordered by the COMELEC en banc through Resolution No. 9338 promulgated January 25, 2012.
The resolution provides for the resumption of voters’ registration in ARMM to give the Commission sufficient time for the conduct of pre-election activities and other preparations in connection with the May 13, 2013 elections.
Earlier, the COMELEC deferred the registration in the autonomous region because of the pending case questioning the legality of Republic Act 10153 on the synchronization of the ARMM elections with the May 13, 2013 National and Local Elections and in anticipation of the conduct of the ARMM elections at a later date.
The voters list up was originally scheduled to start on October 1, 2011 to October 31, 2012.
Aside from the registration, Yasin said the activities to be conducted from March 5 to October 31 also include validation of voters registration records or the taking of the biometrics such as pictures, signatures, and thumb marks of registered voters whose biometrics were not taken during the registrations due to defective computers or peripherals.
He said the rules and regulations on the system of continuing registration of voters and validation of registration records of the deferred COMELEC Resolution No. 9271 promulgated last August 12, 2011 shall now apply.
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