‘Double registrants’ to face charges

By Vito Barcelo

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday warned that it will file election offenses against individuals who are found to commit double registration.

“While registration for new voters, transfer, change/corrections of entries in the registration records, reactivation of registration records, expired on January 31, 2023, the Comelec is now evaluating and reviewing all registered voters,” Comelec chief George Erwin Garcia said.

“We have the AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System) that counterchecks registered voters. If we see a probable cause, those who cheat and you see in another registration, who changed names, changed appearance but have the same fingerprint, we will file a complaint of an election offense,”