By John Rey Saavedra
CEBU CITY – Ahead of the kickoff for the 2025 midterm elections’ extensive registration effort on Tuesday, seven malls and two universities in Metro Cebu’s tri-city area have pledged their support to the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) Election Register Anywhere Program (RAP).
Omar Sharif Mamalinta, spokesperson for Comelec-7, announced on Monday that the launch of RAP for Cebu will take place at the University of San Carlos-Talamban campus. New registrants will have the opportunity to participate in Voter Education sessions in the morning, followed by satellite registration from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
On Wednesday, registration will continue throughout the day, with Voter Education sessions scheduled at the Cebu Doctor’s University auditorium in the morning.
Mamalinta highlighted that Voter Education events for RAP will be held in February, June, and September for Cebu province, with similar plans in place for other provinces.
The massive off-site registration in Metro Cebu will take place from February to September, he added.
Mamalinta, who is the concurrent election officer of Carcar City, said election offices outside Metro Cebu area are holding off-site registrations in gymnasiums and halls.
Apart from the two universities, the SM City Cebu, Robinsons Cybergate, Robinsons Galleria, SM Seaside City and Il Corso will also host Comelec’s one-stop shop for voter registration in Cebu City, while Gaisano Plaza Mactan and Mactan New Town Megaworld Lifestyle Mall for the RAP events in Lapu-Lapu City.
For Mandaue City, the seven voter registration activities will be held in the gymnasiums of barangays Jagobiao, Tawason, Bakilid, Subangdaku, Canduman and Guizo.
Mamalinta advised new registrants to visit their election officers in their respective town.
“Generally, the offices of the election officers are also having RAP as daily service but without voter education. Those RAP in the tri-cities of Cebu covering 1st and 2nd district, Mandaue, and Lapu-Lapu will be having voter education,” he said. (PNA)
