OROQUIETA
CITY: The Comelec is urging all registered voters whose biometrics have not
been captured to submit themselves for validation at the Office of the City or
Municipal Election Officer.
Voters
who fail to submit for validation on or before the last day of filing of
application for registration for purposes of the May 2016 elections shall be
deactivated, it said.
The
biometrics registration system is mandated by Comelec for new voters pursuant
to RA No. 10367, “An Act Providing for Mandatory Biometrics Voters
Registration.”
Biometrics
is the quantitative analysis that will positively identify an individual such
as voice, photograph, fingerprint, signature, among other identifiable
features.
Meanwhile,
the Comelec also laid out the offenses punishable under Omnibus Election Code,
such as prohibiting, impede, obstruct or prevent a registered voter or a new
voter from submitting his or her biometrics for capture through the use of
force, intimidation or monetary consideration.(WITH REPORTS FROM PIA)