COMELEC Continuing Registration Program

Who may Register

Text Box: Any person, who has not yet reached the required voting age or period of residence on the day of registration but will possess the same on or before the day of election (May 10, 2010 National and Local Elections) may register as a voter. The applications for this group of persons shall be filed not earlier than May 12, 2009. All citizens of the Philippines not otherwise disqualified by law who are at least eighteen (18) years of age, and who shall have resided in the Philippines for at least one (1) year, and in the place wherein they propose to vote, for at least six (6) months immediately preceding the election, may register as a voter.

IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS:

  1. Postal ID;
  2. Employee's identification card (ID) with the signature of the employer or authorized representative;
  3. Student's ID or library card, signed by the school authority;
  4. Senior Citizen's ID;
  5. Driver's license;
  6. NBI/PNP clearance;
  7. Passport; 
  8. SSS/GSIS ID;
  9. Integrated Bar of the Philippine (IBP) ID;
  10. License issued by the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC); and
  11. Any other valid ID.

Registration of Voters

A qualified voter shall be registered in the permanent list of voters in a precinct of the city or municipality wherein he resides to be able to vote in any election.

To register as a voter, he shall personally accomplish an application form for registration as prescribed by the Commission in three (3) copies before the Election Officer on any date during office hours after having acquired the qualifications of a voter.

For more info and to download application for registration forms visit:

http://www.comelec.gov.ph/contreg/2010%20elections/requirements.html