A group of students asked the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to “reconsider” its decision to not move the deadline of voter registration and extend it for two more months. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) “Comelec needs to heed the young voters who want the registration to be extended,”...
Starting August 25, the voter registration will start from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday to Friday. Commissioner Rowena Guanzon (Photo from Rowena V. Guanzon / Facebook page/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon announced this on Wednesday, Aug. 18....
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is not extending the voter registration period beyond the September 30 deadline. Comelec/MB Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez on Wednesday, August 18, announced that the En Banc decided against the extension, citing concerns about the timeline of preparations...
Warning to those who will try vote buying via the electronic payment system in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said this can be traced. "I heard about this sort of a Gcash system, and I talked about this with the UP school economics alumni, and I...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections said over 18,000 elective positions will be up for grabs in the May 2022 general elections. Based on Comelec Resolution No. 10713, a total of 18,180 elective positions in the national, local, and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)...
Deactivated voters without biometrics data still need to personally go to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to reactivate their voter registration record. Comelec/MB The Comelec said only those deactivated voters with biometrics data can reactivate their voter registration records via email....
There are nearly six million registrants for the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB On Twitter, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said there are already 5,727,223 new registrants as of August 13. She said more voters may be able to vote in the next elections if deactivated...
Seven senators have urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to push the deadline for voter registration from September 30 to October 31. A first-time voter registers at the Commission on Election (Comelec) office in Pasay City. (PNA) Senators Francis Pangilinan, Ralph Recto, Franklin Drilon,...
Senior citizens planning to run for public office will be allowed to physically file their certificates of candidacies (COCs) before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) this coming October. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging...
Senators on Thursday, August 12 welcomed the Commission on Election’s (Comelec) decision to reactivate delisted voters noting this is a “good move” from the poll body ahead of the May 2022 national elections. “This is a welcome development. We expect Comelec to thoroughly cleanse the...
Malacañang left it to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) if it deemed it necessary to extend the voter registration period due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (JANSEN ROMERO / MB FILE PHOTO) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after Senator Francis Pangilinan urged...
The reactivation of voter registration records via email will soon be allowed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Comelec/MB On Facebook, Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said that "reactivation of voters, who failed to vote in two consecutive elections, will soon be through email this month." She...
