Comelec deactivates 5.2M voters for 2025 May polls

The number of deactivated voters for the 2025 national and local elections (NLE) has reached more than 5.2 million, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

The latest data from the Comelec showed there were 5,216,625 deactivated voters as of August 2. A total of 487,721 voters, meanwhile, were deleted.

Comelec Chairperson George Erwin Garcia earlier said the names of voters were deleted due to death and multiple registrations.

Among the reasons for deactivation were failure to vote in two successive preceding regular elections, loss of Filipino citizenship, and having non-valid documents.

Earlier, the poll body reiterated its call for deactivated voters to apply for reactivation ahead of the 2025 May elections.

A total of 409,329 voters applied for reactivation from February 12 to July 20, it added.

The Comelec also said the number of voters for the 2025 NLE may reach up to 68 million, including 4.8 million new registered voters. — VBL, GMA Integrated News