Voter turnout for overseas voting has reached more than 34 percent. Comelec/MB But the Commission on Elections (Comelec) expects the number to still increase. "For overseas voting we reached 34.24 percent voting turnout. This is slightly higher compared to the 32 something in 2016," Comelec...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) insisted Tuesday, May 10, that the elections have been fair as it quashed allegations that the “consistent” margin of votes between leading presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his closest rival, Vice President Leni Robredo, was...
With 98.31 percent of election returns transmitted, former Senator Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr. retained his lead in the presidential race, according to the partial and unofficial count from the data provided by the transparency server of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to the Manila...
Record breaking. Comelec/MB This was how the Commission on Elections (Comelec) described the 88 percent voter turnout in the local absentee voting in the May 9 polls. Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said such turnout was the highest. "I'm very glad to announce that the voter turnout...
House Deputy Speaker Rep. Rufus Rodriguez has called on the House of Representatives to probe the election day incident wherein nearly two thousand vote counting machines (VCMs) malfunctioned, inconveniencing thousands of voters. Voters lining up at a precinct in Iloilo City on Monday, May 9, for...
Just a day after the elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) released its ruling on Tuesday, May 10 on the motions for reconsideration (MRs) filed by the petitioners seeking the disqualification and the cancellation of the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) of presidential candidate Ferdinand...
Comelec/MB A total of 757 clustered precincts were selected for the conduct of random manual audit (RMA) for this year's general elections. The RMA is being conducted to examine the ballots in order to validate whether or not the automated count of the vote counting machines (VCMs) is accurate....
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....
Vice Presidential candidate and Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan is not about to give up just yet. Senator Francis Pangilinan (Photo from Team Kiko) Pangilinan, who is the running mate of Vice President Leni Robredo, said the truth will always prevail, as he refused to bow out of the fight....
Despite reports of irregularities in the voting process, Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, May 10, asked her supporters to accept the election results as an unofficial quick count shows rival former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. with a wide lead. Vice President Leni Robredo gives a public...
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...
