The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Pangasinan provincial office exceeded its target voter registrants, recording around 124,000 registrants for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE).<\/p>\n
The Comelec targeted 75,000 registrants, which means that it exceeded by 66 percent, from the start of registration on Oct. 20, 2025 to May 18, 2026.<\/p>\n
\u201cKaramihan pa din mga kabataan lalo BSKE saka pinuntahan naming lahat ng high schools at colleges dahil nandoon ang mga first-time voters (Mostly who availed of the voters\u2019 registration) are the youth especially with the BSKE and we also went to all the high schools and colleges where the first-time voters are),\u201d Pangasinan provincial election supervisor lawyer Marino Salas said in an interview on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Off-site registrations were conducted. Salas said the registration covered the transfer, correction of entries, and reactivation.<\/p>\n
He said the number of registrants would undergo the validation and approval of the Election Registration Board (ERB) starting June 1 this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter a week, we will have the final list of new voters and it would be posted in all the localities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Pangasinan has a total of over 2.1 million registered voters in 2025.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Salas said the BSKE elections would require more polling precincts as elections would be conducted manually unlike in the previous election.<\/p>\n
They are looking at a maximum of 400 voters per polling precinct instead of 1,000, he said.<\/p>\n
Salas said using malls as polling precincts is being considered but the proposal would still undergo the approval of the central office.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will have limitations like if the mall is owned by a politician, then it is prohibited,\u201d he said. “We have to make sure that it would not be marked with political color.” (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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