The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Friday, Jan. 27 that the Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) has certified the Automated Election System (AES) to be used for the Special Elections for the Member, House of Representatives in the 7th Legislative District of the Province of Cavite...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc denied on Friday, Jan. 27 the Motion for Reconsideration (MR) Ex Abundanti Ad Cautelam filed by former Senator Manny Pacquiao and Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on the Resolution of the Commission Special Second Division. MB file photo In...
Months before the scheduled Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) slated in October, the idea of automating the said polls was floated, something the top official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) considers innovative. Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct...
The Commission on Elections has reached its projection of 1.5 million applicants nearly a week before the voter registration ends on Jan. 31. Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia talks during a press conference at their office in Intramuros, Manila on Tuesday, Jan 3, 2023. (Ali Vicoy) In the data...
The Filipino mentality of 'bukas na lang' or delaying things that can be done at the present time, is not good as far the voter registration is concerned, the top official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Monday, Jan. 23. New registrants flock to the Comelec office in Arroceros,...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said more than one million new voters were registered since the voter registration activity resumed last December, an official of the poll body said. The Comelec resumed the registration activities last Dec. 12, 2022 and will end on Jan. 31, 2023 in...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and its technology provider for the automated election system (AES) Smartmatic are not liable for the data privacy violations that occurred in 2022, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) stated. Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Tuesday, Jan. 17 that voter registration applications have so far reached a total of 1,024,521. New registrants flock to the Comelec office in Arroceros, Manila on July 7, 2022 as the poll body continues the voter registration. (Ali Vicoy / MANILA...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) started on Wednesday, Jan. 11 the printing of ballots for the special elections that will determine who will hold the vacated House of Representatives (HOR) seat in the [7th Legislative District of the province of...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is hoping that the Supreme Court (SC) will release its ruling early this year on the petition to petition to declare unconstitutional Republic Act No. 11935 that mandated the postponement of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). Comelec...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division has granted the petition to disqualify former Palawan governor Mario Joel Reyes as a candidate despite losing in the May 2022 polls. MB file photo In its 15-page ruling, dated Jan. 5, 2023, the Second Division found that Reyes is an escaped...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia vowed that they will commit to resolving pending election cases expeditiously. MB file photo In a press conference on Tuesday, Jan. 3, Garcia stated that last year, the poll body released resolutions resolving election cases, including...
