THREE Ateneo universities will educate the youth about politics as the election season nears.

“We will strengthen the campaign for electoral and political education to further empower the youth to shape the future through their votes,” Fr. Mars Tan SJ, president of Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan, said.

Meanwhile, Fr. Karel San Juan SJ, president of Ateneo de Zamboanga University, encouraged people to exercise their right to vote.

“The right to vote and the right to health are equally important. Ensuring that people are able to cast their votes and securing their safety from Covid19 are both goods to be preserved. Disenfranchisement needs to be avoided just as we must avoid the deadly virus. A balancing requires creativity,” he said.

For Fr. Joel Tabora SJ, president of Ateneo de Davao University, the government must explore the idea of mobile registration to make it more accessible to voters.

“Schools have offered their spaces as satellite registration sites; they would employ the same safety protocols as when they opened their doors to help out in the vaccination rollout,” he said.

“Exploring mobile registration activities to remote areas can also be an option to make registration accessible to voters in the margins,” he added.