The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is ready to conduct the pilot take a look at of mall voting for the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in 15 malls across the nation.
The chosen malls are in Metro Manila, Region IV-A, Region V and Region VII, the ballot physique stated.
“The Education and Information Department will provide the public of the details regarding the selected malls and other relevant data for mall voting once it has been finalized,” Comelec stated in an announcement Friday night.
“Through these efforts, voters from select clustered precincts of select barangays proximate to the partner malls shall participate in the mall voting,” it added.
In January, the Comelec stated it would maintain a pilot run of mall voting in 5 Metro Manila malls— SM Manila, Robinsons Manila, Robinsons Magnolia and two others. It cited the benefits of utilizing malls as voting websites as a substitute of lecture rooms, together with safety, prevention of pattern ballots distribution, and the preservation of college tools.
The BSKE has been repeatedly postponed since 2016. In October, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. signed into legislation the measure delaying the December 2022 BSKE to the final Monday of October 2023.—LDF, GMA Integrated News
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