Kabataan Party-list congratulates new first time voters as extended voter registration ends today.
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Mong Palatino today announced that the voter registration extension was a success in that it is one giant step towards encouraging more youths to participate in the 2010 elections.
“Our main objective in filing our Supreme Court petition was to make every vote count, especially the youth vote and our first time voters who clamor for change in government. In this, we declare the voter registration extension a resounding success,” Palatino said.
Palatino, however, chastised the Comelec …

Comelec urged to follow SC ruling to atone for shortcomings
Complaints are pouring from first-time voters and new registrants as the Commission of Elections is expected to re-open extended voter registration tomorrow, December 28.
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Mong Palatino today said that while a more than significant turnout of first-time voters trooped to registration centers in the first three days of extended voter registration, the Comelec failed to accommodate a huge number due to difficulties and ill-preparedness in the registration process.
“We have received reports nationwide of thousands of youths availing of the …

“The lack of information and the Commission on Elections’ apparent lack of enthusiasm and support for the extended voters’ registration were also to blame for the modest turnout of prospective registrants in the first days of poll registration,” Kabataan Party-list Vice President Carl Marc Ramota today said as voters’ registration marked its third and last day before the holiday break.
“Many are still unaware that voters’ registration has been extended by the Supreme Court as there has been minimal or even no information dissemination campaign by Comelec’s national and local offices. …

December registrants should be allowed to vote
Kabataan Party-list urged the Commission on Elections to be prudent and end speculation over the extended voters’ registration.
“Comelec should avoid making speculations as this will only sow confusion among prospective first-time voters,” Kabataan Party-list Vice President Carl Marc Ramota said.
The youth group was reacting to recent statements made by some Comelec officials that December registrants might not be able to vote on May 2010.
“That is downright absurd and irresponsible. December registrants and those who registered before …

“This is the best time to register for the upcoming elections as most students have already gone back to their home provinces and more work leave are given to employees.”

Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raymond Palatino today urged the Comelec to resume voter registration within the week.
Palatino made the appeal after the Comelec said that it would file for a motion to clarify before the Supreme Court following the latter’s favorable decision to Kabataan Party-list’s petition to extend voter registration.
Citing the text of the high court’s decision, he said that since the SC ruling is immediately executory, voter registration should have resumed today and should continue ‘daily during regular office hours, except only during the period starting 120 days before a …

“We also encourage our youth and first-time voters who have not yet registered to avail of this opportunity. Let us not waste any more time.” – Kabataan Rep. Mong Palatino.

Last October 29, 2009. Kabataan Party-list, together with youth leaders from various organizations along with prospective first-time voters, went to the Supreme Court to file a petition that, if granted, would urge the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to resume the registration of voters until January 9, 2010 from its self-imposed deadline of October 31, 2009.
This petition was based on two legal bases. First, the October 31 deadline of the COMELEC is seventy (70) days short of the deadline prescribed by law under the Voters Registration Act of 1996. Second, for …

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