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Retired basketball star Peter Jun Simon registers as a voter at the ADDU satellite registration site DAVAO CITY, Oct. 26 (PIA)- The satellite voter registration site at the Ateneo de Davao University had about 807 registrants coming from the three districts in Davao City.   The one-day voters registration held Saturday (Oct  23) was organized in response to the request of the Mindanao Consortium of Ateneos (MCA) or the Ateneo schools in Mindanao to the Commission of Elections to open more satellite registration centers for voters who would want to register amid the October 30 deadline. The schools also volunteered to have their campuses as satellite voting centers, which Comelec positively responded.   Mark Paul Samante, chair of the Ateneo de Davao University’s Community Engagement and Advocacy Council (UCEAC)   said they were expecting 800 registrants based on their pre-registration data.   He said the Ateneo de Davao is open to extending the satellite registration center if there ar

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