THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has failed to achieve its target number of overseas voters, netting only 1,254,240 registrants at the end of the seven-month registration period.

Chairman George Erwin Garcia on Monday said he was disappointed with the results, but noted that even in the past, registration was low for midterm elections.

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