Old ballot boxes (Linus Guardian Escandor II/MANILA BULLETIN) Lawmakers in the House of Representatives warned that if controversies continue to hound the Commission on Elections (Comelec), particularly its P18-billion automated election contract with...
Is it high time to adopt a "hybrid" style of elections? Former House Speaker, Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez thinks so. Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Facebook) Alvarez penned and filed House Bill (HB) No.5706, which, if enacted, would tweak the current way...
The camp of presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said Monday there should be no manual counting of votes from those precincts with faulty vote counting machines (VCM) as the conduct of the 2022 polls is only automated. ​Lawyer Romulo Macalintal, poll counsel for Robredo, said...
Senator Imee Marcos, sister of frontrunning presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., is pushing for a "hybrid" election system, where votes will be counted not only electronically but also manually, to ensure integrity of the elections as well as to have "evidentiary requirements"...