The data provided by Comelec 7 to SunStar Cebu show that as of July 10, 2023, there were 20,633 delisted voters in Cebu.
In a statement last week, the Comelec’s central office said that as of July 7, some 381,906 voter registration records nationwide have been deleted or abated.
A large majority of records delisted are those with identities of two or more voters’ fingerprints based on the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (Afis)—244,775.
Coming in second are voters who have already transferred to another city or municipality— 131,574.
Other reasons for deletion include voters found to have double/multiple records at the city/municipal level (3,306); voters who are deceased as reported/confirmed by the local civil registrars (2,075); and voters who failed to vote twice in two succeeding regular elections (176).
Final list
The Comelec aims to release the certified and final computerized voters’ lists for the BSKE by Aug. 1.
In Cebu, majority of the removed registrations were voters who transferred to another city or municipality—9,172 voters.
A total of 6,215 voters with two or more fingerprints detected by the Afis were removed from the list.
A total of 5,231 confirmed deceased voters and 15 voters with multiple or double records in the city or municipality were also delisted.
With these changes, the number of voters for BSKE 2023 in Cebu province reached 3,384,185.
However, the Comelec 7 said these figures may be subject to change due to the ongoing evaluation process. (UP CEBU INTERN CHRYS CHELSEA BERNALES, HDT / SUNSTAR PHILIPPINES)