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The Philippine Star
|May 12, 2025
"I think it's something I owe to myself and society. The act of voting means choosing to stand up and try to make a change.
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to ensure she could vote today. By choosing the right leaders, I'm not only voicing out what can benefit me, but the entire country itself," Reyes told The STAR.
Ibones and Reyes are among the millions of young Filipinos who will cast their votes, many for the first time, in this year's midterm elections.
According to data from the Commission on Elections (Comelec), over six in 10 registered voters either belong to the millennial or Gen Z generations.
Based on Comelec data, millennials and Gen Z voters make up 60.5 percent, or 41,412,361, of the total 68,431,965 registered voters for the 2025 midterm polls. This marks a significant increase from the 2022 elections, when they comprised 56 percent or nearly 37 million of the 65.7 million registered voters.
This story is from the May 12, 2025 edition of The Philippine Star.
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