April 24th, 2010 by Malayang Halalan
Comelec celebrates after printing of 50.9M ballots
abs-cbnNEWS.com | 04/23/2010 4:27 PM
MANILA, Philippines – Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Jose Melo is now more optimistic that the automated election will push through with the printing of all ballots for the May 10 elections.
“With the ballots here, there will be elections. There will be no failure of [...]
April 2nd, 2010 by Malayang Halalan
The ballots that will be used in the Philippine’s first automated elections will still have special UV markings that will be used to make sure that the ballots are authentic. BEIs will be issued UV lamps which will make the UV markings visible and thus enable them to verify the authenticity of the ballots.
This is [...]
March 15th, 2010 by Malayang Halalan
Those questioning certain party-list organizations are basically questioning the legitimacy of certain party-list organizations because of its supposed ties to the Gloria Arroyo administration.
I have yet to look at the figures to compare between the number of party-list organizations running in the 2010 elections and the number of party-list organizations that ran in 2007. If [...]
March 13th, 2010 by Malayang Halalan
Singapore included in automated polls for overseas absentee voting
By Pia Lee-Brago
The Philippine Star March 09, 2010
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has decided to include Singapore in the conduct of automated elections for overseas absentee voting (OAV), the Philippine Embassy in Singapore said yesterday.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Hong Kong was [...]
March 12th, 2010 by Malayang Halalan
James Jimenez is the Director of Comelec’s Education and Information Department and the go-to-guy for any question about elections. He hasn’t renewed his Mensa membership but they let him keep the extra IQ points that come free when you join them.
In this bit of writing he did on Facebook, he talks about the theory of [...]