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(Eagle News)–The Commission on Elections is expected to convene as the National Board of Canvassers today, May 13. But the NBOC will be adjourned right after since no elections returns are expected today with voting hours expected to last until 6 p.m., the Comelec said. According to the poll watchdog, the NBOC will reconvene on Tuesday, May 14. The board’s official opening marks the start of the canvassing of votes. The results to be counted […]
QUEZON City, Philippines — After the proclamation of the President and Vice-President, the ballot boxes containing the Certificate of Canvass and the Election Returns were returned from the Congress to the Commission on Elections. The security of the Congress re-examined each boxes before being returned to the COMELEC where it will be archived. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines – From the Senate, 595 ballot boxes containing certificate of canvass and election returns were sent to the House of Representatives safely for the 2016 Presidential and Vice-Presidential Canvass. Also included are 57 pouch containing overseas absentee voting or OAV. Tight security measures were implemented during the transfer of the ballot boxes all of which underwent detailed inspection to ensure that the boxes were not tampered. The country now awaits the joint […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (February 8) – For the 2016 polls, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is letting the public see precinct-level results by posting them on its official website. They are challenged to carefully draw the balance in the never-ending conflict among rights and regulations, liberties and limitations, and opposing demands of the different segments of society to maintain a honest, peaceful, free and realistic elections. Senator Grace Poe advocates for the Freedom of Information Act […]
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, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (February 8) – The COMELEC (Commission on Elections) proposes that the election returns should be posted in their official website. This is to show the transparency of the election that can be monitored by public. Can this prove the transparency of our election? So what if we have access to that, how sure are we that this information is accurate? The Filipino citizens were not born yesterday. Our generation is too smart to […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (February 3) – It is true that in every Philippine election, negative issues and concerns have never failed to appear. According to asiafoundation.org, elections in the Philippines have been marred by allegations of widespread cheating and other electoral malpractice. The most famous (or perhaps infamous) method of cheating is called dagdag/bawas (add-subtract), when votes are subtracted from the opposition candidate and added to a favored candidate, and vice versa. Also, concerns over election credibility have […]
The 2016 election promises to be the most transparent and accessible election as the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) announced that it will post all of the election returns in its website. This will give everybody the chance to see and verify for themselves, the result of the election. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/8qk-G0yRq6c
