Various groups mounted a protest in front of the main office of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, May 10, a day of the conduct of the May 2022 elections. Various militant groups stage a protest rally in front of the Comelec for the alleged mass cheating during the 2022 elections....
As partial and unofficial counts were released on election night on May 9, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that it is expecting to exceed the voter turnout it garnered back in the May 2016 elections. Voters lining up at a precinct in Iloilo City on Monday, May 9, for the national and...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported an 88 percent voter turnout for local absentee voting. Comelec/MB "The Committee for local absentee voting final accomplished ballots received is 74,852. That is 88 percent voter turn-out for local absentee voting," Comelec Commissioner George Garcia...
Actor Robin Padilla is so far the top choice for senator, based on the partial and unofficial count from the data provided by the transparency server of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to the Manila Bulletin dashboard. Manila Bulletin Photo Padilla garnered 22,925,977 votes while three-term...
The public can now check the results of the elections on the Commission on Elections’s (COMELEC) designated website. Comelec/MB “The election website results is up and running,” said COMELEC Acting Spokesperson John Rex C. Laudiangco during a press briefing Monday night, May 9. The...
Hours after the close of voting, the number of election returns (ERs) received by the server of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) reached 79.20 percent as of 11:09 p.m. Monday, May 9. Comelec/MB This means 84,092 out of the 106,174 local ERs expected to be received. As for overseas ERs, 110...
Former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and his running-mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte are leading the partial and unofficial count of the presidential and vice presidential race, respectively, based on the data provided by the transparency server of the Commission on Elections (Comelec)...
Lente The Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to extend the voting hours as some polling areas "still have queues of voters" and some experience "vote counting machine malfunctions." “LENTE believes that the long lines still in various...
Commission on Elections (Chairman) Saidamen Pangarungan said the May 9 National and Local polls was relatively peaceful. Comelec/MB "We consider this elections as relatively peaceful compared to the elections in 2019," he said in a press briefing on Monday. "As confirmed by our security partners in...
Kontra Daya Election watchdog Kontra Daya urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to investigate the alleged red-tagging of some candidates and party-list groups during this year's elections. "Kontra Daya has documented several cases of red-tagging of certain candidates and party-list groups on...
For Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Marlon Casquejo, the Vote Counting Machines (VCMs) used in the May 2022 polls on Monday, May 9, have exhausted their use. Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct the final testing and sealing of vote counting machines (VCMs) at...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is not looking at extending the voting hours beyond 7 p.m. Comelec/MB This, despite the delays in voting in some areas. "The extension of voting, at this point, is negative. Up until this time, the Comelec en Banc has decided that voting will be until 7 pm,"...
