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Watchlist of ‘multiple registrants’ to be released

Written by magnolia_eic on 06 March 2010

THE board of election inspectors (BEIs) who will serve on election day will be given copies of the list of the alleged double and multiple registrants for the 2010 polls.

Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez said that there will be a watchlist so that the BEIs will be alert and they can check if a voter has already voted in other places.

Once the watchlist is out, Comelec will be issuing guidelines on the use of the watchlist.

Under the law, the latest registration of the double and multiple registrants will be honored by the poll body.

Jimenez also assured that the commission is not negligent towards the issue and the cleansing of voters that was earlier cited by the Philippine Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV).

Poll watchdog PPCRV earlier said there are about 40,000 duplicate voters in Davao City. Almost 1,000 are meanwhile alleged to be zombie voters.

The Comelec official admitted though that dead citizens who are still part of the voters list are quite difficult to track.

Comelec will soon be launching a page on its home website where people can report to the commission there dead relatives. The webpage will be helping to further cleanse the list of voters. (PIA-Bohol)

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