Senator Imee R. Marcos has sought a Senate inquiry, in aid of legislation, into the alleged fraudulent voters registration for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October. "Despite earnest efforts of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to enforce the law, problems pertaining to the so-called flying voters or voters who are registered in multiple precincts, and those who are not bona fide residents of the place where they are registered in, still persist," Marcos said after filing a resolution calling for the investigation The resolution cited a report on 31 March 2022 saying  that the Comelec detected 892,627 double registrations for the 2022 National and Local Elections. Then Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia said  that charges would be filed  against double or multiple registrants and noted that “good faith" is not a good defense in election cases. Garcia is now the Comelec chairman. Marcos, who chairs the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People's Participation, cited a report on alleged massive increases in the number of registered voters in some barangays, far outpacing the projected population growth forecast by government agencies. The resolution also cited a particular instance involving Barangay Carmona in Makati City where the number of registered voters and registration applicants surged by 78 percent, from just 4,718 registered voters during the  2022 elections  to 8,415 for the upcoming 2023 Barangay Elections. Barangay Carmona chairman Joselito M. Salvador attested that there was neither a recent mass migration of new residents into the barangay nor an increase in the territory of the barangay. Thus, the sharp rise in the numbers cannot be accounted, Salvador pointed out. Marcos said "there is an urgent need to revisit existing election laws including the Voter’s Registration Act of 1996 and  relevant portions of the Omnibus Election Code in order to decisively address these long-standing issues." "We cannot allow these massive fraudulent voter registrations to go unchecked and become a permanent fixture in our electoral system," the lady lawmaker stressed.