A new law has been introduced in Philippines which makes it compulsory for all voters to register their biometric information with the Election Governing Body- Commission on Elections (Comelec). Passed in the Senate and the House of Representatives, the new law states that “it is the policy of the State to establish a clean, complete, permanent and updated list of voters through the adoption of Biometric technology”. In a country where about 8 million out of the 50 million registered voters have no biometric records, this law entails for the voters to submit their biometric credentials which include voice samples, signature, fingerprints and iris scan, for validation. This has to be done before the last day of filing of registration applications for the May 2016 elections. Those who fail to do so shall be removed from the voter registry, and may have to apply for reactivation only after the elections get over. The whole process of validation will start from 1 July, 2013. The new law also proscribes the use of the voter information database for other purposes except electoral processes.