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'Overtime' sa Comelec office hours titingnan para sa 4M target voter registration

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 06:16 PM

Mungkahi raw ni Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon sa en banc ay palawigin pa ang oras ng registration. Read more »

COVID cools voter registration for 2022 polls

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 25 10:29 AM

The COVID-19 pandemic is hampering the Commission on Elections' voter registration drive as some 3 million eligible Filipinos remain unregistered ahead of the 2022 national elections, Comelec said Monday. Read more »

Comelec wary of 2 to 3-day elections, eyes longer voting hours instead

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel and Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 03:55 PM

"Yung tendency ng Comelec right now, the predisposition is to go towards longer election hours, and perhaps smaller precinct sizes," Comelec spokesman James Jimenez told senators Wednesday.  Read more »

Register early to avoid overcrowding at centers later, COMELEC tells voters

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 12:58 AM

A bulk of those expected to register will be those who reached the voting age of 18 years old and the senior citizens, both age groups that have been barred from moving freely in public. Read more »

Davao poll exec takes oath as ad interim Comelec commissioner

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Updated as of Dec 25 08:41 PM

The poll body said Aimee Ferolino-Ampoloquio took her oath of office as ad interim Commissioner on Dec. 23, for a term expiring on Feb. 2, 2027. Read more »

CA bypasses appointment of Davao poll veteran as Comelec commissioner

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 16 03:16 PM

The Commission on Appointments (CA) on Wednesday deferred the appointment of Davao del Norte provincial election supervisor Aimee Ferolino Ampoloquio as a commissioner of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) until she could submit documents and answer questions about her husband's assets. Read more »

US-based firm assures Comelec of credible, accurate voting system

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 08:46 PM

A US-based election solutions firm targeted by US President Donald Trump for alleged vote switching in the recently concluded US polls maintained its voting systems are credible and accurate, as the Philippine Commission on Elections (Comelec) began Tuesday its consultation series for online voting for some 2-million overseas Filipino voters.   Read more »

Voter registration for 2022 elections slow amid COVID-19, holidays

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 05:57 PM

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the influx of registrants is still moving slowly--in large part due to the pandemic. An estimated 700,000 registration applications have reached the Comelec since September. Read more »

Imbes na mag-exam: Mga estudyante, pinagrehistro para sa halalan 2022

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 13 06:15 PM

Naengganyo umano ang klase sa diskusyon nila tungkol sa demokrasya.  Read more »

Sotto reveals move to allow Comelec to waive testing of automated poll equipment

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 30 11:57 PM

The Philippines' Senate President confirms a provision that could affect the poll body's handling of the 2022 elections has been unexpectedly inserted in next year's proposed spending plan. Read more »

Ex-poll official backs pilot test of mail-in voting for seniors

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 10 09:13 AM

The Philippines can run a pilot project on mail-in voting among senior citizens, a former poll official said Tuesday, to address concerns it can lead to massive cheating in the 2022 elections. Read more »

Hirit na maipawalang bisa ang proklamasyon ng Duterte Youth inihain sa Korte Suprema

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 27 07:46 PM

Pormal nang dumulog sa Korte Suprema ang grupo ng mga kabataan para ihirit na maideklarang ilegal at labag sa Konstitusyon ang pagproklama ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) sa kontrobersiyal na Duterte Youth party-list sa Kongreso. Read more »

Philippines may have to spend P2B for additional election day: Recto

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 04:29 PM

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Friday said the government may have to spend an additional P2 billion should it proceed with suggestions to extend the May 2022 national elections by another day to decongest polling precincts. Read more »

Hontiveros seeks higher Comelec budget to shield 2022 elections from COVID-19 spread

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 06:45 PM

Several senators on Thursday agreed to increase the Commission on Elections' (COMELEC) budget next year to help the agency ensure that the 2022 presidential elections would not be a COVID-19 "super spreader." Read more »

SC requires Comelec, SolGen to comment on Marcos poll protest vs VP Robredo

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 30 07:01 PM

(UPDATE) The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has required the Commission on Elections and the Office of the Solicitor General to comment on pending issues in the election protest filed by defeated candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. against Vice President Leni Robredo, the court's public information office said Wednesday. Read more »

'Masyadong garapalan': Bakit tinututulan ang pag-upo ng Duterte Youth sa Kamara?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 07:44 PM

Katuwiran ni Atty. Emil Marañon, walang kinakatawang grupo ang Duterte Youth kaya hindi ito dapat sa Kongreso. Read more »

'Series of illegalities': Groups to question Duterte Youth proclamation before SC

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 28 12:43 PM

MANILA - A lawyer said on Monday that several groups would question before the Supreme Court the impending proclamation of the Duterte Youth Party-list group.    Read more »

Poll watchdogs nababahala na pawang Duterte appointees na sa Comelec

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 08:52 PM

Nababahala ang poll watchdogs na pawang appointees na ni Pangulong Duterte ang nasa Comelec pagsapit ng 2022.  Read more »

Polling precincts dapat dagdagan para masunod mga health protocol: Monsod

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 02:50 PM

MAYNILA - Doblehin ang bilang ng polling precincts ang suhestiyon ni dating poll chief Christian Monsod sa Commission on Elections sa halip na palawigin ang araw ng eleksiyon.   Read more »

2-day elections prone to voter intimidation: ex-Comelec commissioner

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 10:41 AM

Elections might be open to voter suppression if held over 2 days or more should the coronavirus pandemic still persist by the year 2022, a former poll commissioner said Friday.    Read more »