Mall voting for 2025 midterm elections pushed
MANILA, Philippines — Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Aimee Ferolino has revived a proposal to use shopping malls for the 2025 midterm elections.
Ferolino said the poll body should study the possibility of allowing the conduct of elections in malls.
“Now we are doing voter registration in malls. When the midterm elections come, I hope that we can enter into partnerships with SM and Robinsons to expand voting in malls,” Ferolino said.
The Comelec has put up satellite offices in malls as more people are expected to register for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections set on Dec. 5.
The voter registration will run until July 23.
During the 2016 elections, then Comelec chairman Andres Bautista pushed for the mall voting project.
Comelec commissioners scrapped the project weeks before the May 2016 elections, citing the Omnibus Election Code that prohibits the transfer of polling precincts within 45 days before an election is held.
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