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Ballots for May polls boast security upgrade: Comelec

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 09:28 AM

Additional security features will be implemented in the ballots for May's midterm elections, the Commission on Elections said Monday.   Read more »

Pag-iimprenta ng balota para sa halalan sa Mayo, muling naurong

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 12:35 AM

Tiniyak naman ng Commission on Elections na may sapat pang panahon para gawin ito. Read more »

LOOK: Sample ballots marked with 'YES' to BOL seized

Leizle Lacastesantos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 23 11:33 AM

Authorities confiscated around 100 sheets of sample ballots marked with "YES" to the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) from a man during a routine check in Isabela, Basilan, Tuesday night. Read more »

Comelec: Ballot printing 'right on schedule,' to start in January

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 03:55 PM

The Commission on Elections said Friday it hoped to start printing ballots for the May 2019 elections in January. Read more »

TINGNAN: Sample ballots, flyers ipinamimigay kahit bawal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 14 11:44 AM

Kahit ipinagbabawal, marami pa ring sample ballots at flyers na may pangalan ng mga kandidato ang nagkalat sa ilang presinto ngayong Lunes, barangay elections. Read more »

VP Robredo seeks reversal of PET ruling on partially-shaded votes

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 05:22 PM

MANILA - Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday asked the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) to reverse its earlier decision on the ballot shading threshold in connection with the recount for the poll protest against her.  Read more »

Imee: Audit logs, di dapat maliitin; Robredo camp: Di 'yon tanda ng dayaan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 11:20 PM

Iginiit ni Gov. Imee Marcos na "kritikal" sa integridad ng halalan ang audit logs sa poll machines. Nagpaliwanag naman ang kampo ni Vice President Leni Robredo na hindi indikasyon ng dayaan ang nawawalang audit logs.  Read more »

Man tampers with ballots for recount

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 01:46 PM

SULTAN KUDARAT, Philippines – Ballot boxes from two cities in Sultan Kudarat were broken into, with seals destroyed and ballots in disarray.  Read more »

VCM in GenSan malfunctions; back-up also a dud

Chai Tabunaway, ABS-CBN News SOCCSKSARGEN
Posted at May 09 04:05 PM

Scores of ballots were rejected by the vote counting machine (VCM) at a voting precinct in General Santos City on Monday. Read more »

WATCH: Pre-shaded ballots found in Maguindanao

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 09 09:51 AM

Some ballots at the Maguindanaoan Elementary School in Sultan Kudarat were found to be already shaded before the official voting time. Read more »

LOOK: Pre-shaded ballots found in Maguindanao

Albashir Saiden, ABS-CBN News Central Mindanao
Updated as of May 09 10:55 AM

Some ballots at the Maguindanao Elementary School were found to be already shaded before voting time. Read more »

Panoorin: Brgy. Bagong Silang, handa na sa halalan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 10:16 PM

Tiniyak ng Comelec na handa na ang ilang lugar sa bansa para sa halalan bukas. Isa dito ang Brgy. Bagong Silang kung saan may nadala nang 46 na kahon ng official ballots.   Read more »

Ilang Pinoy sa Europe, hindi pa nakakatanggap ng balota

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 05 12:08 AM

Sa huling linggo ng overseas voting, wala pang 90 porsiyento ang nakaboto sa Europa.  Read more »

NY post to issue provisional ballots to voters

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at May 04 07:57 PM

NEW YORK - The Philippine Consulate in New York is now issuing provisional or replacement ballots for overseas voters who have not received their ballots. Read more »

ER Ejercito son seeks SC help to remove name from ballot

Carolyn Bonquin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 25 03:17 PM

The son of former Laguna Governor Emilio Ramon "ER" Ejercito asked the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday to order the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to reprint the ballots for the province and delete his name from the list of gubernatorial bets. Read more »

Comelec chief announces 'record-breaking feat'

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 06:02 PM

MANILA - The Commission on Elections announced Friday the completion of the verification process of over 56 million ballots that will be used for the 2016 polls.  Read more »

Amended poll instructions for BEIs raise risk of sabotage?

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 06:57 PM

MANILA - One former commissioner and one incumbent commissioner of the poll body on Friday admitted that there is a serious flaw in the revised General Instructions (GI) for Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) that maybe exploited to rig the May 9 elections. Read more »

Comelec, magbibigay ng kapalit na balota pero...

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 10:32 PM

Pero ito ay kung mapapatunayan lang na hindi kasalanan ng botante na na-reject ang kanyang balota. Read more »

For the first time, Comelec to give 'replacement ballots'

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 06:13 PM

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will now allow the giving of replacement ballots to voters whose original ballots have been rejected by the VCMs through no fault of their own. Read more »

Comelec declares 700K ballots 'spoiled'

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 04:39 PM

MANILA - Around 700,000 ballots were declared spoiled by the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) printing committee, but the poll body assured that these won't be used for cheating. Read more »