“We are hoping that we come close to 80-81 percent (as based on the) result of 2016 (election),” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said during a press conference.
“Coming of the 81 percent voting turnout from 2016 and from anecdotal reports of more people they engaged in the elections certainly on social media you could see that sort of engagement is existing,” he added.
Jimenez is optimistic that the voters’ participation will be encouraging specifically with their partnership with the private company.
“There is room to believe to be cautiously optimistic that we will have higher turns out than expected and in addition to that, of course the activation of voters when they ride Grab vehicles through this voter education campaign will drive up that number even more,” Jimenez said.
“Marami sa mga botante na nagdedesisyon lamang na bumoto sila on election day,” Jimenez added.
Comelec data shows that the voter turnout in the 2010 polls was 74 percent while it was 77 percent in the 2013 election. (PNA)
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