The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Friday said it has discovered more than 700,000 multiple and double registrants in its voters' lists, thanks to a new computer program that checks voters' registration records. The Comelec said that aside from biometric scans and automated fingerprint identification system, it is now using algorithmic matching to check if voters registered more than once in different polling places. The program weeds out voters whose first, middle and last names and birthdates appear in different voters' lists. The poll body said Cavite had the most number of double and multiple registrants with 47,016, followed by three districts in Metro Manila, (38,056). It also found large numbers of double and multiple registrants in Cebu (23,602) and Davao del Sur (34,557). – ABS
