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COME the May 2025 national and local polls, the Commission on Elections will apply the lowest threshold for the shading of official ballots since the Philippines began adopting the automated election system in 2010. In a recent interview, Comelec Chairman George Garcia said the Commission en banc had approved the proposal to set the shading threshold at 15 percent. 'For the elections of 2025, our threshold will be at 15 percent,' said Garcia.
'The Comelec en banc was satisfied with the explanation on why it should be 15 percent,' said Garcia. Back in the 2013 and 2016 polls, the shading threshold was at 50 percent; while a 25 percent threshold was adopted for the 2019 and 2022 elections. The previous lowest shading threshold was at 20 percent during the 2010 elections, which was also the country's first poll exercise to use the AES.
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