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The Commission on Elections personnel, in coordination with the Quezon City Local Government Unit, load election paraphernalia including sealed ballot boxes and vote counting machines onto traditional jeepneys at the Amoranto Sports Complex on Saturday, May 3, 2025. The deployment is part of the early distribution of materials to various polling precincts across the city in preparation for the May 12 National and Local Elections. Security personnel and election officers are also on-site to ensure proper handling and transport of the equipment. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174650325381320250503-halalan-preps-MT-11.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">The Commission on Elections personnel, in coordination with the Quezon City Local Government Unit, load election paraphernalia including sealed ballot boxes and vote counting machines onto traditional jeepneys at the Amoranto Sports Complex on Saturday, May 3, 2025. The deployment is part of the early distribution of materials to various polling precincts across the city in preparation for the May 12 National and Local Elections. Security personnel and election officers are also on-site to ensure proper handling and transport of the equipment. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News </span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — Malacañang on Tuesday declared May 12, 2025 a special, non-working holiday for the midterm elections. </p><p>The holiday is necessary &quot;to enable people to exercise their right to vote,&quot; according to Proclamation No. 878 signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin.</p><p>The May 12 nationwide poll will decide hundreds of seats in the House of Representatives and Senate as well as thousands of hotly contested local positions.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/1/9/halalan-2025-key-dates-facts-on-philippines-midterm-elections-1611">Halalan 2025: Key dates, facts on Philippines&#x27; midterm elections</a></div><div><em>For more news and features on Philippine elections, visit the</em><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/halalan-2025"><em> ABS-CBN News&#x27; Halalan 2025 page.</em></a></div>

<p>Malacañang declared May 12, 2025 a special, non-working holiday for the midterm elections.</p>

Malacañang declared May 12, 2025 a special, non-working holiday for the midterm elections.

May 12, 2025 a special, non-working day for midterm elections: Palace

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May 12, 2025 a special, non-working day for midterm elections: Palace

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Published May 06, 2025 11:49 AM PHT

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