Vote 2013 Archives

Back to basics for the barangay elections

Oct 27, 2013 4:20 PM

By CHERRY JOY VENILES UNLIKE the May 2013 automated polls, the barangay election on Monday is a return to basics: manual voting where pens, blank ballots and a good old blackboard/whiteboard are the order of the day. After reading through a certified list of candidates stapled inside ballot secrecy folders, voters will fill up their ballots […]

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Barangay polls turn partisan, contrary to Election Code

Oct 27, 2013 3:02 PM

By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES
Photo and Video by AMIEL MARK CAGAYAN

COTABATO CITY— The candidates for barangay polls arrived at the same time and wore political colors and party uniforms, revealing the partisan nature of village elections.

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Citizen volunteers to serve as election tellers

Oct 27, 2013 10:04 AM

By DANIEL ABUNALES ZAMBOANGA CITY – In tomorrow’s barangay elections, there will be 20 polling places across the country where public school teachers will work alongside private individuals as election tellers. Under an arrangement with the Commission on Elections, the Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) will be fielding citizen volunteers in 20 pre-selected polling […]

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Only 10 PWDs to vote in special polling places

Oct 26, 2013 5:09 PM

By DARLENE CAY OVER 54 million Filipinos will be electing barangay officials on Monday, but in special polling precincts for persons with disabilities, only 10 will be able to cast their votes. The Commission on Elections has assigned four SM malls nationwide as pilot accessible polling places for PWDs and senior citizens. Calling this exercise […]

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One-third of Basilan villages areas of concern

Oct 26, 2013 4:44 PM

By MELISSA LUZ LOPEZ POLL watchdog Citizens Coalition for ARMM Electoral Reforms Inc (C-CARE) says one in every three barangays in Basilan are potential areas of concern in Monday’s elections and recommends an increase in the number of security personnel in those villages. C-CARE says unstable peace and order situations have been observed in 92 […]

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ARMM DILG boosts poll monitoring teams

Oct 25, 2013 11:22 PM

By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES

COTABATO CITY— The Department of Interior and Local Government in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is collaborating with election watchdogs and all local peace and order councils in the region to monitor the barangay elections on Monday.

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PNP, AFP assured of payment for poll duties

Oct 25, 2013 11:10 PM

By VINCE NONATO THE Commission on Elections has finally signed the P100 million check to fund the honoraria and other expenses of police and army deputies tasked to maintain peace and order and carry out other election-related duties, Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. announced Friday. The funds, P60 million of which will go to the Philippine […]

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Security measures in place for village polls in E. Visayas

Oct 25, 2013 2:07 PM

By VICENTE ALEJANDRO TACLOBAN CITY – Thousands of policemen have been deployed to different parts of Eastern Visayas to help secure the barangay elections on Monday. This week alone, some 3,980 policemen were sent to man the Police Assistance Desks (PADs) in clustered voting centers throughout the region. Earlier, more than 900 cops were deployed to […]

2013 Barangay Elections, Eastern Visayas

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Beware of vote-buying, but …

Oct 25, 2013 1:01 PM

A word of advice from Commission on Elections spokesman James Jimenez: guard against vote-buying but exercise prudence when documenting such acts. The public was helpful in documenting vote-buying and other violations in the May elections and in Monday’s barangay polls, citizens are again expected to be vigilant. But the poll official warns: take it easy with […]

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Police, military to serve as election tellers in ARMM

Oct 25, 2013 12:45 AM

By VINCE NONATO AS in previous elections, police and military personnel will serve as election tellers in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in Monday’s barangay polls, in place of teachers who have refused to render service. Teachers across the country normally serve as election tellers but fearing for their safety, many in the […]

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