There was a dearth of new voters in the Saturday registration of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Pateros. According to Armando Mallorca, Pateros election officer, only 28 new voters registered with their office last Oct. 16, the first Saturday registration under Comelec’s extension set...
Vice President Leni Robredo's camp has responded to a dubious social media post claiming that she has been disqualified from the May 2022 polls by pointing netizens to a Commission on Elections (Comelec) official's clarification on the fake news. Vice President Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/MANILA...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) clarified that Vice President and presidential aspirant Leni Robredo has not been disqualified from running in next year's general polls. "VP Leni Robredo has not been disqualified. Video and articles that imply or suggest otherwise are #fakenews,"...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it is expected to release the official list of candidates for next year's general elections by December. Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said that not all political aspirants who filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) will be included in...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) extended the voter registration hours and opened its offices on Saturdays in selected areas of the country. In a statement, Comelec said starting Oct. 16, voter registration in select areas during weekdays will be from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. For Saturdays,...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has stood by on its decision of extending overseas voter registration only until Thursday, Oct. 14. Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said that the preparations for the overseas voting is much different compared to the local settings. "The...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that substitution of candidates should not be banned but instead lawmakers must come up with certain limitations in the said policy. "What needs to happen is that Congress should introduce restrictions of some sort, on the exercise of the...
New voter applicants and those who want to reactivate their registration are flocking to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in Pateros. The Comelec approved the extension of voter registration from Oct. 11 to 30 all over the country. Pateros election officer Armando Mallorca (left)...
The number of new voter registrants is now more than six million. Comelec/MB Data shared by Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon showed 6,162,122 new registrants from Aug. 1, 2019 to Sept. 30, 2021. The data also showed the breakdown of applications received: 1,591,481...
The Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) faction led by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi on Thursday, Oct. 13, rejected insinuations that political parties that would avail of the period of substitution of their standard bearers in the upcoming May 2022 national elections are making a...
The budget for the lease of 10,000 additional units of vote counting machines (VCMs) to be used for the May 2022 polls has been increased. Comelec/MB From P600,503,500, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has set the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to P864,024,067. "The Commission intends...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it has already received the Statement of Withdrawal of Senatorial aspirant and broadcaster Noli De Castro for the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB "The Commission on Elections confirms its receipt on Oct. 13, 2021 of the Statement of Withdrawal of Senatorial...
