Manila: Candidates and political parties participating in the May 12 polls still have time to register their online campaign platforms. "Please be informed that during the 27 March 2025 referendum/consultation, the Commission has extended the registration of Online Campaign Platforms (OCPs) for a final and non-extendible period, until 31 March 2025, 11:59 PM," the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said in Memorandum 250507.

According to Philippines News Agency, Comelec Task Force KKK sa Halalan Commissioner-in-Charge Nelson Celis stated that the reopening of the registration period is in response to the numerous requests from stakeholders. "These requests were prompted by various circumstances beyond their control, including but not limited to inaccessible registration links, timeouts in the online registration forms, delays in the transmittal of hard copies to the Task Force KKK sa Halalan, and other technical contingencies," he said.

"The mandatory registration of Online Campaign Platforms constitutes a new initiative of the Commission designed to enhance transparency and accountability in the conduct of digital election campaigns," Celis added.

The Comelec has outlined that applicants must use the prescribed templates of the required documents, which can be downloaded at www.comelec.gov.ph. They are also required to upload the necessary documents in their Google Drive and submit the URLs or links via the Google Form. Hard copies of all documents must be uploaded through the Google Form within five days from accomplishing the form.

Under Resolution 11064, all candidates, party-list organizations, and political parties intending to participate in the May 2025 polls are required to register their online campaign platforms. This includes all official social media accounts and pages, websites, podcasts, blogs, vlogs, and other online and Internet-based campaign platforms.