FACT CHECK: National ID not required to vote in May 2025 elections

Claim: A national ID is required to vote in the national and local elections on May 12, 2025. 

Rating: FALSE 

Why we fact-checked this: A social media page with over 4,900 followers shared a post urging the public to inform their family members that a national ID is required for them to cast their ballots in the upcoming elections. The post has gained 1,100 shares and 141 comments. 

The post, which also displays the Commission on Elections (Comelec) logo and name, reads: “No national ID. No vote. Bring your national ID on May 12, mandatory.”

The post includes a link purportedly offering more information on the ID requirement. 

The facts: In an advisory released on Saturday, May 3, Comelec dismissed the claim that voters who cannot present their national ID will be barred from voting.

Comelec also clarified that the post did not appear on any of its official or verified social media accounts across any platform.

“The supposed “No National ID, No Vote” public advisory is false and did not originate from the Commission on Elections,” the poll body said.

According to the Comelec, voters will “only be asked to present a valid ID in case their identity cannot be verified through the Election Day Computerized Voters’ List.”

Registered voters can check their status and locate their assigned precincts through Comelec’s precinct finder: https://precinctfinder.comelec.gov.ph

Visit and bookmark Rappler’s 2025 Philippine elections site for the latest news, explainers, analyses, multimedia content, and data on the senatorial, party list, and local contests. – Maegan Ragudo/Rappler.com 

Keep us aware of suspicious Facebook pages, groups, accounts, websites, articles, or photos in your network by contacting us at factcheck@rappler.com. Let us battle disinformation one Fact Check at a time.