Sa kabila ng umiiral pa ring coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, inaasahan pa rin Commission on Elections (Comelec) ang mataas na voter turnout sa halalan sa Mayo.
Tinukoy ni Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez ang kanilang karanasan sa Palawan bilang dahilan nito.
“We are expecting a high turnout,” sabi ni sa isang panayam sa telebisyon nitong Martes, Enero 18.
“In Palawan last March, we expected that there will be a low turnout because of the pandemic. It turnout that the voters actually came in droves. From 40 percent projections we actually had a 61 percent voter turnout,” dagdag ni Jimenez.
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Noong nakaraan, sinabi rin ng poll official na kadalasang mas mataas ang turnout ng mga botante tuwing presidential elections kumpara sa midterm polls.
“Normally, the voter turnout during elections is like a wave. It goes up during presidential elections, and goes down during midterm elections. In 2016, we had a voter turnout of 80 percent. In 2019, we had about 76 percent voter turnout,” sabi ni Jimenez.
Leslie Ann Aquino
