Bacolod youth lining up to register to vote.*Barbara Mijares photo
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has registered a strong three-day turnout of 24,506 voter registrants in the Negros Island Region (NIR) as of Sunday, August 3, NIR Regional Election Director Lionel Marco Castillano said.
Of the total registrants 15,356 were in Negros Occidental, 8,476 in Negros Oriental, and 674 in Siquijor.
Castillano noted that 7,354 of the total registrants were male and 8,002 were female.
The voter registration for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) started August 1 and will run until August 10.
Provincial Elections Supervisor Ian Lee Ananoria said that of the 5,775 who registered in Negros Occidental on Sunday, Cadiz City had the largest number at 522.
It was followed by Sipalay City with 405, and Kabankalan City and Bago City with 400 each.
While voter registration is ongoing, the BSKE originally set for December 1 is expected to be postponed.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is expected to sign a law on August 12 that would postpone the elections to the first Monday of November 2026, Comelec Chairperson George Garcia said on Friday.*
Voter registration in Negros Occidental on Sunday*