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QUEZON City, Philippines — The Commission on Election said it does not need to overhaul the system it has put into place for the election preparations, as it objected to the critics’ use of the word “overhaul.” It said what is needed are just minor adjustments and some fine-tuning in connection with minor problems encountered by the poll body in its preparations for the 2016 elections. The COMELEC added that no overhaul is needed to […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (February 8) – The Commission of Elections (COMELEC) is confirmed to give the public a privilege to view the election results via their website. According to COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista, this will be done for the sake of transparency and accessibility, allowing people to see blow-by-blow counts from 90,000 precincts, every single counting machine – essentially making each and single one of us an enumerator. This was already done in 2010 and 2013, […]
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) will strictly prohibit the taking of “selfies” as well as other forms of picture-taking in the polling precincts because it may be used in vote-buying as well as violate the confidentiality of the ballot. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/pVG_yXssl2E
Senator Grace Poe admitted that she is disappointed at the decision of the Commission on Election Second Division disqualifying her candidacy in the 2016 election. Said division decided that she did not qualify with the ten-year residency requirements found in the Constitution. The senator said that she is a natural-born Filipino and has met the said requirement. Senator Poe is going to appeal the decision to the COMELEC en banc. (Eagle News Service Described by […]
MANILA, Philippines, June 9 (Eagle News) — According to the Commission on Election (COMELEC), the various advertisements of politicians and government officials cannot be considered as premature campaigning. The commission added that premature campaigning can only lie when a person has already filed a certificate of candidacy and conducted campaign activities outside of the official campaign period. The COMELEC recommends alternative ways of filing complaints like filing at the Ombudsman or Commission on Audit to […]
MANILA, Philippines, June 1 (Eagle News) — As the 2016 presidential election nears, the Commission on Election (COMELEC) contemplates the recommended hybrid election which combines automated and manual systems of elections. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, May 25 (Eagle News) — A former Catholic official gave strongly-worded criticisms against politicians who were conducting early advertisement campaigns prior to the upcoming elections. The Commission on Election (COMELEC), on the other hand, said that said politicians can only be declared to have engaged in prohibited premature advertising only after they have filed certificate of candidacy.
QUEZON City, Philippines, April 23 (Eagle News) — Former chairman of the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms and Dasmariñas Representative Elpidio Barzaga said that the Commissioners of the Commission on Election (COMELEC) may face impeachment if there is a return to manual election in 2016, saying that the law prohibits the return to manual election. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
Former Commissioner Augusto Lagman once again presented in a closed- door session of the Commission on Election en banc the Transparency and Credible Election System (TCRES).
The Commission on Election (COMELEC) is confident that there would be no return to manual elections on 2016 despite the temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme Court.
The Commission on Election is now testing the automatic polling machines of bidders for the 2016 presidential elections, with a poll watcher group warning against the inclusion of Smartmatic in the bidding.
The Commission on Election admitted that convincing people with disabilities to register is quite a challenge.
