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Extend pre-pandemic voter’s registration deadline: Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan appeals to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to extend for at least a month the voter registration period which will end on September 30, 2021. In a privilege speech during the hybrid plenary session Tuesday, September 14, 2021, Pangilinan acknowledged the many adjustments the Comelec has made, like setting up satellite registration centers in different malls, extending the hours of registration and opening the registration in areas under modified enhanced community quarantine. But Pangilinan said with the pandemic restriction and the many adjustments that have to be made, he believed that it is reasonable and proper to extend the deadline for voter registration to October 30, 2021. “The September 30 deadline was set before the pandemic. It is a pre-pandemic deadline. Nobody could have anticipated how this public health emergency would severely impact our daily lives, let alone voter registration,” Pangilinan said. The senator filed Senate Resolution No. 851, urging the Comelec to extend the deadline for voter registration from September 30, 2021 to October 31, 2021 to prevent voter disenfranchisement brought about by the covid-19 pandemic, which was adopted by the Senate Tuesday. (Screen grab/Senate PRIB)