Around 200,000 applicants have registered with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections on November 2, coinciding with All Souls’ Day.

Atty. Renato Magbutay, Regional Director of COMELEC-10, announced that the number of registrants has exceeded their expected count by more than 5% this year.

Due to the ongoing registration, Magbutay confirmed that two malls have already been designated as venues for accepting registrants who wish to beat the May 18 deadline.