CAGAYAN DE ORO (PIA)--Minors as young as 15 years old may now register to vote for the SK elections while regular voters aged 18 years old and above will qualify for the barangay elections on October 30, said the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in Talakayan sa PIA, media forum at SM CDO Downtown Premier.

As of January 23, only 11,514 have registered from the 19,000 target voting population, Elections Officer Atty. Ramil Acol shared.

This has prompted their office to put up satellite registrations in the local schools and malls of CDO since 2022. They have now stationed their main site at Robinson's mall, Limketkai.

“That is the objective of COMELEC to have a substantial number of voters na marehistro nato. In fact ang atong chairman is personally, nag ikot-ikot siya sa tibuok Pilipinas to drum up support,” COMELEC Regional Executive Director Lawyer Renato Magbutay said.

(That is the objective of COMELEC to have a substantial number of voters registered, Our chairman is personally going around the Philippines to drum up support)

Acol reminded that other than the age requirement, voter applicants must be residents of the Philippines for at least one year from the elections and at least six months resident at the place they will be registering and voting.

Further, they must also present a valid ID and birth certificate to validate their identity and determine their age.

Applications for voter registrations will be accepted on or before January 31, 2023. (TAAG/PIA-10/Cagayan de Oro)