Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Tuesday, July 11, that the poll body believes that internet voting for overseas Filipino absentee voters is legally tenable and defensible. *Commission on Election (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia gives a speech during the...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia is hoping that the poll body would be allowed to nullify the entire voter list including the overseas Filipino voters after the 2025 polls. *Commission on Election (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia gives a speech during the...
CARMONA, Cavite – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is holding a plebiscite to ratify the conversion of Carmona into a component city on Saturday, July 8. Comelec Chairman George Erwin M. Garcia personally inspected polling precincts at Carmona National High School and Carmona Elementary...
After retiring its 98,000 Vote-Counting Machines (VCM) last used in the highly-criticized May 2022 elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) unveiled on Thursday, May 4, the latest specifications it is eyeing to have for a new set of machines that will be used in the 2025 polls. Commission on...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Monday, March 20 that a later date for the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COC) will seriously be considered by the poll body. Garcia made the statement after Sen. Francis Tolentino appealed to the poll body to postpone the...
After seeing scores of voters flocking to precincts, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia believes that they will attain a 92 percent voter turnout in Marawi City's plebiscite on Saturday, March 18. In an interview, Garcia mentioned that it was only during the morning...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Saturday, Feb. 25 that the new 7th District Representative may be proclaimed on Sunday morning, Feb. 26. Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman George Garcia cast his vote for the special election of the representative of the 7th District of Cavite...
Can the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) be held simultaneously with the election of delegates for the proposed Constitutional Convention (ConCon) in October? Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia talks during a press conference at their office in Intramuros, Manila on Tuesday, Jan...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Thursday, Feb. 16 that it has approved of pilot testing of the Automated Elections System (AES) in three barangays for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in October. Indelible ink is applied to a voter’s finger (MB FIle Photo)...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) strongly condemned the killing of an election officer on Monday, Feb. 13 who was shot in broad daylight along National Highway, Purok Libas, Brgy. Pinguiaman, Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat. (Photo courtesy of Comelec) In a statement sent by Comelec spokesperson...
Unlike in the May 2022 polls, for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Election (BSKE), the Commission on Elections (Comelec) decided that a person who will file a Certificate of Candidacy (COC) will immediately be considered a candidate. Preparations continue at the Commission on Election's...
A special election is not yet certain in Valenzuela City after First District Representative Rex Gatchalian vacated his post on Tuesday, Jan. 31, to be the new secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia talks during a press conference...
