MANILA, Philippines — Some 46 million voter’s information sheets (VIS) have already been distributed across the country to date, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia said Monday.
A week before the May 9 polls, the distribution of 65.7 million voter’s information sheets — which contain a voter’s name, address, polling center, and precinct number — is still underway.
Based on a distribution report sent by Garcia to reporters, the 46,004,200 distributed VIS account for 70 percent of the electorate’s population.
VIS Distribution Report as of May 2, 9 a.m. Courtesy of Commissioner George Garcia
In the National Capital Region, 56 percent of the registered voters have received their voter’s information sheet.
Only the Cordillera Administrative Region and the Ilocos Region have completed the distribution.
According to Garcia, the poll body has deployed individuals to personally give the voter’s information sheet to the registered voters.
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Based on Comelec’s data, there are 65,709,572 individuals in the country and 1,697,215 overseas Filipinos who have registered to vote in the upcoming polls.
Overseas voting already started on April 10 and will end on May 9.
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