WHEREAS, the Information and Technology Department (ITD), using algorithmic matching, reported that SEVEN HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO (704,542) voters have double or multiple registration records;

WHEREAS, in Comelec Minute Resolution No. 09-0696 dated October 20, 2009, the Commission on Elections resolved, among others, as follows:

"1. In all cases where registrants are found to be registered in two (2) or more districts/cities municipalities, the latest registration shall prevail which is deemed to be more in consonance with the intent of the concerned registered voters. Accordingly, they shall be allowed to vote only in the district/city/municipality of their latest registration.

This is distinguished from the policy on double/multiple registrants found within the same district/city/municipality where their original registration shall prevail."

WHEREAS, in the same Resolution, the ITD printed a list of voters whose registration records are not valid per precinct and per district/municipality/city, and disseminated the same to all Election Officers concerned;

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the powers vested in it by the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines, the Omnibus Election Code, Republic Act No. 8189, and other election laws, the Commission on Elections RESOLVED as it hereby RESOLVES:

1. To abate the other registration records of voters found to have double or multiple registration records as listed by the ITD;


2. To direct the Board of Election Inspectors not to allow these voters to vote in their respective precincts in the May 10, 2010 elections;


3. To delete the registration records of said voters in the next Election Registration Board (ERB) hearings.


4. To direct the Education and Information Department (EID) of the Commission on Elections to cause the publication of this Resolution in two (2) daily newspapers of general circulations in the Philippines, and give it the widest dissemination; and


5. To direct the Election and Barangay Affairs Department in coordination with the ITD to implement this Resolution.

SO ORDERED.