2000 Registration Deadline

Voter information dissemination was a tough challenge with the total number of registered voters increasing. As a public service, Namfrel and the Philippine Daily Inquirer published an ad calling on voters to register; however, many were not able to beat the December 27, 2000 deadline for continuing registration of voters. There were numerous petitions especially from different youth organizations for a two-day special registration of voters, on February 17 and 18, 2001, but the request was denied on February 8, 2001 by a Comelec en banc resolution.
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The number of positions to be voted for in the May 2001 elections ranged from 28 to 34, from the 13 senators, party list organization, congressman, governor, vice-governor and provincial councilors, to the city/town mayor, vice-mayor, and city/town councilors.