Filipino voters overseas take note. Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has released a resolution stating which Philippine posts abroad will use the postal or personal mode of voting, the automated and manual system in the May 2022 polls. In Minute Resolution No. 21-1356, the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has denied the petition of PDP-Laban seeking to re-open the filing of the certificates of candidacy (COC) in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB "It was denied as well as the petition to suspend elections until 2025. Both of them resoundingly denied," Comelec...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sheriff Abas dismissed the report that the poll body's server was breached, compromising voter's sensitive information. Comelec/MB A Manila Bulletin (MB) report was published on Jan. 10 stating that group of hackers allegedly breached Comelec's servers and...
The Election Period for the May 2022 has officially started Sunday, Jan. 9. Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) set the Election Period from Jan. 9, 2022 to June 8, 2022. During the said period, the Gun ban is in effect which means bearing, carrying or transporting of firearms or other...
Five more party-list groups were included by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the official ballot. Comelec/MB In a Notice dated Jan. 7, the Comelec identified the said groups and their designated number as the following: (174) Ayuda sa may Kapansanan; (175) Abante Sambayanan (SAMBAYANAN);...
In preparation for the May 2022 polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday, Dec. 29 conducted mock polls in Metro Manila and several provinces. The mock elections were held in 34 different precincts with an average of about 600 to 700 voters per precinct. In a press briefing in Pasay...
The final listing of party-list candidates for the May 2022 polls is now out. Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) released the list Wednesday, Dec. 29 on its website www.comelec.gov.ph. The list was released weeks after the poll body conducted the raffle to determine the order of...
The Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) will be monitoring the mock polls that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will conduct on Dec. 29. Photo courtesy LENTE "The LENTE will be on the ground to monitor the simulation in different voting centers in NCR, Isabela, Albay, Leyte and Negros...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking to start the printing of the official ballots to be used in the May 2022 polls on Jan. 15. Comelec/MB "By our estimates, we will start (printing the ballots) on Jan. 15," Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said in a virtual press briefing Monday,...
More than 22,000 voters are expected to participate in the mock polls of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Dec. 29. Comelec/MB The mock polls will be conducted in Metro Manila and in the provinces of Isabela, Albay, Negros Oriental, Leyte, Maguindanao, and Davao del Sur in preparation for...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is now targeting to release the final list of candidates for the May 2022 polls on Jan. 7. Comelec/MB "Our target release of the official list of candidates is January 7," said Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said in a virtual press briefing Monday, Dec. 27....
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) released on Friday, Dec.24, a shorter tentative list of candidates for the national and local elections next year. Comelec/MB "Not yet final. Names will still be stricken off the list as the judgment in their respective cases achieve finality," Comelec...
