Invitation: Ateneo University-Wide Mock Elections 2025

We invite all Ateneo de Manila employees and students to participate in the Ateneo University-Wide Mock Elections 2025—an initiative that aims to encourage meaningful political engagement within the university community ahead of the 2025 Philippine National and Local Elections. This initiative is from the Ateneo Task Force for the 2025 Midterm Elections (ATF-ME 2025) of the Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral ng mga Paaralang Loyola ng Ateneo de Manila. It aims to highlight the importance of participation in democratic institutions while ensuring that voters make informed choices based on values, policies, and platforms rather than personality-driven politics. Through this mock election, we seek to:

• Encourage thoughtful and responsible voting by providing an avenue for political engagement within the university;

• Gauge the political pulse of the Ateneo community;

• Promote civic participation by facilitating discussions on the significance of elections and governance.

Your participation is valuable in shaping an insightful and representative snapshot of the Ateneo community’s perspectives on the upcoming 2025 Philippine National Elections.

To cast your vote, kindly access the mock election form through this link: https://go.ateneo.edu/2025MockPoll

This initiative is open to all members of the Ateneo de Manila University community, including:

• Ateneo Senior High School students who are eligible to vote

• College/Undergraduate and Graduate students from the Higher Education Cluster (Ateneo Graduate School of Business, Ateneo Law School, Ateneo School of Government, Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health, Gokongwei Brothers School of Education and Learning Design, John Gokongwei School of Management, Rosita G. Leong School of Social Sciences, School of Humanities, School of Science and Engineering)

• Faculty (including the Basic Education and the Higher Education Cluster)

• Individual Contributors (IC-Faculty, IC-Academic Support Professionals, IC-Restricted Professionals, IC-Specialists)

• Leadership (Supervisors, Managers, Executives)

• Maintenance Staff and Technicians

• Rank and File (Office-based and Technology based)

Your participation is voluntary and anonymous, and all responses will be treated with strict confidentiality. Only overall results and results per category will be reported.

The poll will be open until 11 April 2025. We encourage you to take part and make your voice count in this university-wide initiative.

Thank you for your time, and we encourage you to take part in this initiative to strengthen electoral awareness and civic engagement.

Leland Joseph R. Dela Cruz, Ph.D
Assistant Vice President, Social and Environmental Engagement for Development and Sustainability