Comelec mulls extended voting period for 2022 polls

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) is considering extending the voting period for the 2022 national elections, its spokesman James Jimenez said on Tuesday.

Jimenez said that the Comelec is considering administrative solutions to decongest voters in poll places such as modifying the voting period into a multiple day system. The poll body is looking into the possibility of extending the voting period for up to three days or longer voting hours for 12 hours to 16 hours on May 9, 2022, he said.