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May mga post online na nagsasabing mahigit 17 milyong Filipino ang nag-overvote daw noong May 12. Sinabi ng Commission on Elections na 1.4 milyon lang ang aktwal na bilang ng mga nasayang na balota dahil lumampas sa 12 ang binotong senator.

With former president Rodrigo Duterte detained in ICC custody, legal uncertainties rose amid unprecedented conditions when he was elected mayor of Davao City in the May 12 midterm elections.

On May 19, COMELEC proclaimed 52 party-list groups winners in the May 12 elections. Photos by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files.

The Commission on Elections proclaimed May 17 the 12 who won in the May 12 senatorial elections.

Prominent lawyer Lorna Kapunan said last week’s election showed an enlightened electorate. The results were both an appeal and demand to current as well as aspiring political leaders for respect. It’s a notice as well to the senator-judges in the Duterte impeachment trial.

The Sara kiss of death was especially seen in the city of Manila and in Batangas. She deliberately made negative campaigning for the congressmen who were potential prosecutors in her forthcoming impeachment trial in the senate. These congressmen were among the most vocal in the House Quadcomm hearings. Representative Joel Chua (Manila, 3rd district) headed the House committee on good governance that conducted seven hearings on Sara’s red-flagged use of confidential funds.

At least 242 election-related deaths were recorded in BARMM, said conflict monitoring group, most of which involved loose firearms.

PWDs and seniors’ citizens’ participation in the democratic practice is also a family and community affair. It’s heartwarming. Photos for VERA Files by Bullit Marquez and Vincent Go.

If her “opposition” to her brother is simply an expression of sisterly concern, beyond the recently concluded elections, what will Imee do if helping the Dutertes greatly harms her brother, or her family’s reputation, which she has labored for decades to rehabilitate?

The scenes we witnessed affirm the Filipinos love for elections. Despite the  almost 40 degrees Celsius heat, the overcrowding, the malfunctioning voting machines, and many other technical woes, the Filipinos endured them to be able to vote.

Comelec chairman George Garcia disclosed that only 311 of the 16,000 contingency ACMs were used to replace those that malfunctioned in the May 12 polls.

The early voting hours and assignment of priority polling places still led to inconveniences among senior citizens.

The Comelec has not released election results as of 2 p.m. today.

There is no confirmation from the Comelec that Marikina Mayor Marcy Teodoro is disqualified from running for congressman.

Makabayan senatorial bet Amirah Lidasan said the difficulties she faced while voting reflected the struggles Moro and indigenous communities face.

Fifteen precincts will have extended voting period, but turnout in these precincts will not affect the outcome of the elections, explained Comelec Chair George Garcia.

An alleged Comelec resolution disqualifying Pamplona Mayor Janice Degamo from running as Negros Oriental district representative is fake.

Voting was delayed by five hours in Datu Odin Sinsuat Municipality, BARMM after residents blocked the entry of election materials and the election board members. The Marine Corps helped ease the situation but only 28% of the 3,465 clustered precincts were opened by noon.

Elections give voters an opportunity every three years to reject non-performing, misbehaving, incompetent, corrupt and other types of bad leaders and replace them with aspirants suitable for the position. Every election presents a chance for improvement, not deterioration of the quality of the leaders we choose.

With her precarious ranking in pre-election surveys on senatorial preferences for Monday's balloting, the Villars are pulling every trick in the book for Camille to make it to the top 12.

AI-manipulated videos and audio have emerged as a growing disinformation tactic ahead of Monday’s midterm elections—more frequent, more targeted and more deceptive. Despite their rise, simpler manipulations, or shallowfakes, remain the more widespread threat, continuing to dominate the misinformation landscape flagged by fact-checkers.

The Makabayan bloc has a different goal than traditional politicians: build a “people’s opposition” which will go beyond the May 12 elections. Garnering support for key issues they advocate is the impact they want to make.

A text message is spreading online advising the public to place only small dots on the ballots on May 12 to prevent overvoting. The Comelec said not to do this.

The video of Leyte Rep. Richard Gomez (4th Dist.) supposedly saying he is running again for a congressional seat just to get rich was manipulated through AI.