Double voters' registration can be traced through the NLRV - Comelec

COMELEC: Double registration of voters can be traced through the NLRV

By: Robert E. Roperos

BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 17 (PIA) -- Voters who have registered more than once even in different places can now be traced by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) through the National List of Registered Voters (NLRV), a computer-based system whose centralized database is stored in COMELEC Central Office, Manila.

According to Jeffrey Callo, computerized voter’s technician of COMELEC-Agusan del Norte, a qualified voter who will register in their office will be registered after verifications were made through the system.

“Ang National List of Registered Voters o NLRV usa ka system kung diin atong ma-trace ang mga nagparehistro nga doble bisan og sa laing lugar sila nagparehistro (The National List of Registered Voters or NLRV is a system where we can trace double registration even voters will register from one place to another.),” Callo said.

He added the name of the voter will be entered into the system and the program will determine if said voter had already registered.

Through this, Callo said the system will trace and warns the user should the name entered is already stored in the database.

The official said after verifications found that said voter had really registered twice or more, COMELEC will advise the voter to transfer his/her registration, or his/her current application for registration will not be considered. 

The NLRV is a solution to double registration as experienced by the commission during the previous conduct of national and local elections.  This will also deter flying voters who are allegedly rampant during the previous elections. (PIA-Caraga)

COMELEC own building to rise in Pasay City

COMELEC own building to rise in Pasay City

By:  Mac Ramirez

As part of Commission on Elections Strategic Plan 2011-2016 (COMSTRAT1116), the Honorable Chairman Sixto S. Brillantes Jr. Will lead today the signing of the contract to sell and the groundbreaking ceremony for the lot where the COMELEC’s own Main Office Building will be constructed.

The 20,160 square-meter lot is located at the Central Business Park 1-A, Bay City in Pasay City.

According to Engr. Julio Thaddeus Hernan, Director IV of the COMELEC’s Administrative Services Department, the proposed COMELEC Main Office Building will likely be composed of three (3) structures that shall include a seven (7) storey COMELEC Administrative Building, housing all Offices and Departments, the Offices of the COMELEC National Capital Region, and Region IV, a multi-purpose building that may also be used for storage; and a conference hall and dormitory for COMELEC field personnel.

Hernan disclosed that after surveying possible sites, the lot along the bay area was chosen based on its cost and its accessibility to airports and seaports.  Hernan emphasized that the chosen site would also be beneficial to a significant number of COMELEC main office employees as it would shorten their commute from home to work.

Hernan sees the completion of the COMELEC Main Office Building in two (2) year’s time as enshrined in COMSTRAT Pillar 10 which vows to “construct COMELEC’s own main office building and field offices for improved morale, efficiency and independence,” before 2016.