By Liezelle Soriano
MANILA — Malls across the nation will serve as voting precincts in the 2025 mid-term elections following the successful pilot run during the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia said Thursday (14 March 2024).
“We will be holding elections in all malls nationwide, especially in Metro Manila,” Garcia announced.
He emphasized, “It’s more comfortable, a bit cooler, with no room for vote buying, violence, dirt, or mess.”
However, Garcia mentioned that voting in schools will continue.
“We have what we call a consultation process. This means that if the majority of residents in that barangay or precinct prefer to vote in the mall, then we will relocate you. We will not force the relocation of the voting venue,” stated the Comelec official.
Meanwhile, Garcia assured that the government would not incur additional expenses by using malls as voting precincts.
(el Amigo/MNM)
