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Category: Elections 101

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    The President wears the PH flag

    Jun 30, 2016 11:11 PM

                                           By Ellen Tordesillas   When  outgoing president Benigno Aquino III and incoming president Rodrigo Duterte met yesterday for the traditional turnover of the reins of the government, the big […]


  • Categories Elections 101 PHL Vote 2016 Stories

    Failure of elections declared in 52 polling precincts

    May 13, 2016 8:33 AM

    THE Commission on Elections will hold special polls in 52 polling precincts where failure of elections was declared either due to violence, lack of official ballots or misdelivered ballots. See where […]

    2016 elections

  • Categories Elections 101 PHL Vote 2016

    Random manual audit areas

    May 11, 2016 2:17 AM

    THE Random Manual Audit (RMA) Committee has released the official list of clustered precincts selected for random manual audit Tuesday. Representatives of the RMA team will be deployed to 715 […]

    2016 elections, random manual audit

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    Categories Elections 101 PHL Vote 2016 PWD Vote Stories

    Guide on how to vote in emergency accessible polling places

    May 07, 2016 10:06 PM

    ON May 9, persons with disabilities (PWDs), senior citizens and heavily pregnant women may choose to vote in emergency accessible polling places (EAPPs) in case their precinct is located on the […]

    2016 elections, EAPPs

  • Categories Elections 101 News PHL Vote 2016 Stories

    Comelec sets guidelines on replacement ballots

    May 07, 2016 8:12 AM

      By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL ELECTION inspectors will now know whether or not to issue replacement ballots to voters whose ballots would be rejected by vote-counting machines (VCMs). Provided, it […]

    #PHLVOTE2016, Gregorio Larrazabal

  • Categories Elections 101

    Just 1 hash code for all vote counting machines

    May 06, 2016 2:55 PM

    HASH codes will determine the authenticity of the software used in the vote-counting machines. There is only one hash code used for all VCMs in the country: A1 47 91 C4 2F […]

    #PHLVOTE2016

  • Categories Arts & Culture Elections 101 PHL Vote 2016 Stories

    Where not to post campaign materials

    Mar 10, 2016 6:19 PM

    By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL TARPAULINS and posters of candidates vying for national posts are everywhere, from billboards, vehicles and lamp posts. But are they supposed to be there? For this […]

    2016 elections, infographics

  • Categories Elections 101 PHL Vote 2016

    Voter verification features of vote-counting machines

    Mar 05, 2016 12:31 AM

    By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL AFTER months of debate, the Commission on Elections has finally resolved to activate the on-screen verification (OSV) feature of vote-counting machines (VCMs) for the May 9 elections. […]

    2016 elections, infographics

  • Categories Elections 101 News PHL Vote 2016 Stories

    Who are the 2016 voters?

    Mar 03, 2016 10:22 PM

    By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL THERE are about 54 million voters registered for this year’s presidential elections. Who are they? Where are they? The interactive graphic below tells us.

    2016 elections, infographic

  • Categories Elections 101 News PHL Vote 2016 Stories

    Follow rules on posting of ads, candidates told

    Feb 05, 2016 12:24 PM

    By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL A week before official campaign period kicks off, the Commission on Elections has warned candidates to comply with rules on posting campaign materials – else be […]

    campaign posters, Fair Elections Act

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