Anticipating rejection by the Commission on Elections of its appeal to extend voters registration, the House of Representatives moved on Wednesday, Sept. 22 to pass a bill making it mandatory for the poll body to abide by its wishes. voting image In House Bill 10261, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco,...
Like other government agencies that have recurring activities to implement as mandated by law, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) did not foresee the pandemic coming. The enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and the various level of restrictions in several places in the country to stem the rising...
Police forces in Metro Manila and other urban areas were ordered to help secure the voter's registration in malls as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) expanded the efforts to have more Filipinos register for the 2022 elections more than two weeks before the September 30 deadline. Gen. Guillermo...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) should extend the deadline for the registration of voters in consideration of those who would be affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) that would be reimposed in the National Capital Region (NCR) this month, lawmakers at the House of...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is calling on Filipinos eligible to vote in the May 2022 polls to register and seek change. In a video posted on his official Facebook page, the former senator, who is gunning to run either as president or vice president, encouraged Filipinos to do their part in...
Remember, your vote is your right and power Photo from the coalition's Facebook page For countless years, we have been taught that change starts within us, and that begins with our vote. Participating in the national elections is not just our right as Filipinos, it is also a power that affects the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is doubling efforts to encourage more first time voters to register through the poll body’s online voter registration platform “iRehistro.” John Paul Martin, city election officer, said that while application for registration in some Comelec offices...
