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COMELEC XI Regional Director Atty. Michael C. Abas DAVAO DEL NORTE, Dec. 24 (PIA) -- The registered voters in the Province of Davao Del Norte rose by almost 14% as compared to the data from 2019 with a total of 690,248 voters for the 2022 elections, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Davao Del Norte confirms. In the article published by One DavNor Network, District 1 covering the local government units (LGUs) of Talaingod, Kapalong, New Corella, San Isidro, Asuncion, and Tagum City has a total voting population of 337,583 while District II including Sto. Tomas, Braulio E. Dujali, Carmen, Panabo City, and the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) have 352,665 voters for the upcoming 2022 polls. Of all the LGUs in Davao Del Norte, Tagum City still has the highest number of voters with 172,100 followed by Panabo City, with 127,665 voters. IGACOS is next with 84,194 and the fourth one is the Municipality of Santo Tomas with 73,248 voters. Aiming for the governor's post for this comin

DAVAO CITY, Sept. 29 (PIA) – Despite having reached the target 4-million new voters last June 2021 as set by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), the Davao City Comelec continues to remind qualified voters to register in order to exercise their electoral right. Guesting in the One Davao Virtual Presser, Atty. Mohammad Fyzee Alim of Comelec Davao First District that first time voters to go to the nearest Comelec office and bring any of the acceptable identification cards to be counted and be able to vote on the National Elections next year. Initially, the Comelec set September 30 as the last day of registration. In an update posted by Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez, he announced that the Comelec en banc has unanimously approved the extension of voter’s registration. This was confirmed in another post of Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon citing that voter registration extension is from October 11 to October 30, no Saturday schedule except October 30 which will cater to registrant