Some 40,000 voters were removed from the Maguindanao voters’ list for failure to validate their records through the biometrics system or failure to vote during the two previous elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec), said Wednesday.
Estelita Orbase, Maguindanao election supervisor, said the 40,000 would not be allowed to vote in the May 10 elections.
“Only the Comelec central office can resolve the problem of voters, whose names have been removed from the new Comelec list of registered voters,” she said.
Among the 14,152 voters de-listed for failure to validate their records was re-electionist city councilor Florante Formento.
Formento, a former journalist, said he was unsure if the Comelec could reconsider his case, with the campaign period for local polls fast approaching.
Formento said city election officer Badelles Macaan had flown to Manila to bring their case before the Comelec.
“We were told he will try to argue my case and those of over 14,000 other voters with the central office, but up to now (Wednesday) there is no word yet and we are running out of time,” he said.
Under the law, only registered voters can run in any elective post.
Meanwhile, Orbase said the de-listing of the 34,142 voters who were removed for failure to vote in 2004 and 2007 and register during the allotted time before the election period, was final.
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