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PWD registrations in vote-rich Luzon cities generate low turnout

By VERA Files, Photos and Video by Vincent Go
FOUR heavily populated cities in Luzon posted a dismal turnout during the special voters registration conducted by the Commission on Elections for persons with disability (PWDs) last week.

By verafiles

May 31, 2012

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By VERA Files, Photos and Video by Vincent Go                                                                      

FOUR heavily populated cities in Luzon posted a dismal turnout during the special voters registration conducted by the Commission on Elections for persons with disability (PWDs) last week.

The four cities were Quezon City and Caloocan in Metro Manila, Urdaneta City in Pangasinan and Sorsogon City in the Bicol Region. In Caloocan and Urdaneta, not a single PWD showed up to register, in Quezon City there were 12, while in Sorsogon nine PWDs registered.

In 2010, Quezon City had a total of 1,092,156 registered voters while Caloocan City had 636,255. As of the 2007 census, Quezon City had a total population of 2,679,450 while Caloocan had 1,378,856.

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