Residents check the voters' list outside the Brgy. Valencia Hall in Quezon City on May 9, 2022. Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News/FileMANILA — Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia recommended Monday to the en banc the extension of online registration for deactivated voters. 

• 400,000 out of 5M 'deactivated' voters seek reactivation as Sept. deadline looms

The move aims to encourage the remaining deactivated voters to avail the Comelec's extended online registration which will run until September 25, 2024. 

"Upang mapagbigyan yung mga 5.73 million nating mga kababayan na hindi pa nakakapag-reactivate," Garcia told ABS-CBN News. 

From February 12 to September 11 this year, only a total of 556,231 registered voters processed their application, either as transfer for reactivation; transfer for reactivation with correction of entries; reactivation and reactivation with correction of entries. 

The bulk of these applications or 342,991 are for reactivation, according to the data provided by Garcia. 

"Sana nga dito sa extension na ito kahit man lang online reactivation ay masamantala ng ating mga kababayan... nang hindi na sila kinakailangan pa na magpunta sila sa mga registration site o sa local Comelec natin," Garcia said.

"More or less ngayong araw ire-referendum na yan upang mapagbotohan na namin upang mai-announce agad namin sa mga kababayan natin," he added. 

Meantime, Filipinos processing their voter's application as of Comelec's tally last week now total to 6,131,834. 

The volume represents 3,153,433 female applicants and 2,978,401 male voters.