By MindaNews ZAMBOANGA CITY – Pockets of harassment and delays marred the opening of the general re-listing of voters in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on Monday, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said. Comelec spokesperson James Arthur B. Jimenez however said the overall registration in the region, which will run until July 18,
By LEILANIE ADRIANO LAOAG CITY— The Commission on Elections sees the low turnout in last month’s special voters registration for persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the Ilocos region as a “good sign.”
Text by LLOYD REYES and SHIELA MAY ABALLA Photos by MARIO IGNACIO IV IT was a study in contrast—the waiting area at the Pasig City Sports Center was filled with persons with disabilities (PWDs) waiting for their turn to file their voter’s registration forms, while in Pateros, only a handful of PWDs showed up, leaving most seats unoccupied.
By LUZ RIMBAN
A NEW study by the United Nations has urged the Philippines to end the practice of political appointments at the Commission on Elections and professionalize the electoral body as a step toward addressing the problems of fraud and violence during elections.
By BUENA C. BERNAL THE Commission on Elections today rejected the proposed parallel manual count, saying this will lead to “old modes of cheating,” particularly the “resurrection of sleeping Garcis.” “A manual count — in essence, a regressive step belatedly being shoe-horned into the final preparations for the automated elections — will be extremely vulnerable