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The Commission on Elections is considering lowering the valid shading threshold for ballots to 15% for the 2025 national and local elections . Speaking to reporters and poll watchdogs on Tuesday, Chairperson George Erwin Garcia said the proposal is still subject to the approval of the Comelec en banc. “The PMO is recommending to the en banc to accept the threshold is 15%… Of course, subject sa approval of the Comelec en banc.
“Ang importante dito is ‘yung intent ng voter . No voter should be disenfranchised,” he said. Election watchdog National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections , for its part, welcomed the recommendation, echoing Bautista’s remarks on the importance of the voters’ intent. “Those are the rules so kailangan ‘yung ating mga botante ay cognizant of the rules…That will go into our voter education program para ma-inform ang mga botante,” said NAMFREL National Chairperson Lito Averia.
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