People lined up to cast their votes of the mid-term elections in the Philippines on Monday (May 13).<br /><br />Video captured at Bustos Elementary School in Bustos, Bulacan shows people queuing to vote.<br /><br />Millions of voters in the Philippines took to the polls today as the country held mid-term elections in a major popularity test for controversial leader President Rodrigo Duterte.<br /><br />Voting began at 6am local time with polls closing at 6pm, with around 61 million people eligible to take part.<br /><br />Duterte is hoping to gain a Senate majority that would allow him to push for constitutional changes and restore the death penalty.<br /><br />However, he is facing strong competition from groups opposed to his hard-line war on drugs which is seen as being responsible for thousands of unnecessary deaths.
