Registration deadline nears, with 30 days left for voter registration. During its Magparehistro Ka! Mindanao Town Hall, Vote Pilipinas launched a social media challenge that incentivizes voter registration. This is in partnership with Smart Communications where the newly registered voters who are encouraged to post their selfies for all to see with the caption detailing why it’s important for them to register to vote. The prizes such as tablets, smartphones, bicycles, pocket Wi-Fi devices, and various discount vouchers await participants. All entries will be accepted until October 10, and winners will be announced on the Grand Draw on October 15.
How to participate in this challenge, here as follows:
- Newly registered voters simply need to post a photo of themselves on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter
- Answering the question in their caption: “Bakit mahalagang magparehistro?”
- Participants must follow @votepilipinas, use the hashtags #MagpaRehistroKa, #VotePilipinas, #RegisteredtoVote, and #LiveSmartVoteSmart
- Send a photo of their registration stubs and proof of entries to the Vote Pilipinas account
- To learn more, visit Vote Pilipinas on Facebook.
The challenge was announced during the MindaNOW! Magparehistro Ka! Town Hall on August 27, 2021, which rallied residents in Mindanao to register and presented the latest data on Mindanao registrants. During the Town Hall, Director III of the Commission on Elections Education and Information Department Atty. Elaiza David-Sabile announced that deactivated voters can now reactivate their registration status online and that COMELEC will have a synchronized schedule for mall registration with partners Ayala Malls and Robinsons Malls on September 11.
It was also announced by COMELEC today that starting September 6, 2021, registration in both COMELEC offices and satellite registration centers will resume in all areas under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine with hours from Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturdays and holidays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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