Registered Voter

It will be a long weekend so I grab the opportunity to go home in Bicol to spend the weekend and holidays with my family and also to attend some important things. Included in the list of things I have to attend to is to file my voter's registration in our municipality today. My father reminds me every time that if I find a schedule to go home before sembreak, then the better to avoid last- minute registration. 

Even I haven't catch some sleep, after having our breakfast, I go to the COMELEC office together with my mom who needs to register her biometrics record and my cousin, also a first-time voter. The office is open during Saturdays and as we get there, we're lucky because there are only few applicants so we don't have to wait for so long. The new and eligible voter should not forget to bring a copy of  birth certificate and a valid ID. The procedure is very easy, first the applicant's identity and residence should be verified. Next, the applicant shall be given three application forms to fill-up and the applicant's biometrics will then be digitally captured. Lastly, an Acknowledgment Receipt will be given to the applicant.  

Here is the list ist of valid identification (ID) cards, according to COMELEC:

1. Current employee’s identification card (ID), with the signature of the employer or authorized representative;
2. Postal ID;
3. Student’s ID or library card, signed by the school authority;
4. Senior Citizen’s ID;
5. Driver’s license;
6. NBI/PNP clearance;
7. Passport;
8. SSS/GSIS ID;
9. Integrated Bar of the Philippine (IBP) ID;
10. License issued by the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC) and;
11. Any other valid ID

The voters' registration for upcoming 2013 elections resumed last August 1,2012 and will end on October 31, 2012. I'm encouraging everyone who are new and eligible voters to file your applications this early so that we can take part in electing our national leaders.