The proposed measure seeking to defer, yet again, the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls has been approved on third and final reading by the House of Representatives. (PPAB) Getting the final nod of congressmen was House Bill (HB) No.4673, titled, "An Act postponing the December 2022...
With over 91 million ballots set to be printed for the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the National Printing Office (NPO) is targeting to print an average of three million ballots daily. Comelec/MB "The NPO has committed...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the ballots that will be printed for the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls will have serial numbers as an additional security feature. Comelec/MB "The ballots will have a serial number...Just like in our banknotes. This is a security...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division has granted the petition to disqualify Albay Governor Noel Rosal for violating the 45-day spending ban. MB file photo In a 22-page document promulgated on Monday, Sept. 19, the First Division stated that they had granted the petition filed by...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will start printing the ballots for the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls this week. Comelec/MB The poll body is pushing through with the printing despite moves to postpone the Dec. 5 exercise. "It will start on Wednesday," Comelec Chairman...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be coming out with a legal opinion on who should sit as governors of the newly created provinces of Maguindanao del Sur and Maguindanao del Norte. Comelec/MB "The provision of Republic Act 11550 creating the two provinces in Maguindanao presupposes that...
Majority of voters in the Sept. 17 Maguindanao plebiscite voted "yes" to split the province. Comelec/MB Based on the official Canvass of the Plebiscite Provincial Board of Canvassers, the total number of "yes" votes was at 706,558 (99.27 percent) while the "no" votes totalled 5,209 (0.73 percent)....
The Sept. 17 Maguindanao Plebiscite is now the second highest voter turnout in a province-wide plebiscite, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Sunday. Comelec/MB In a statement, Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said this after the official Canvass of the Provincial Plebiscite...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) expressed optimism on Saturday, Sept. 17 that it can surpass a 70 percent voter turnout in the recently-concluded Maguindanao plebiscite (Photo courtesy of the Office of Comelec Chairman George Garcia) "If this happens, na malampasan natin ang 70 percent, we...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has accredited the National Citizens Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) and the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) as its citizens arm for all electoral exercises until prior to the May 2025 polls. Comelec/MB "Wherefore, the Commission...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is hoping that the Sept. 17 Maguindanao plebiscite will also have a high voter turnout. Comelec/MB "We've already conducted two plebiscites and we were successful. The last one was in Calaca where we had more than 56 percent voter turnout," Comelec Commissioner...
The ballots for the Sept. 17 Maguindanao plebiscite will include Arabic translation, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Thursday. Comelec/MB "The question is written in Tagalog and also has Arabic translation because this is required under the Omnibus Election Code for this area," Comelec -...
