Malayang Halalan

Are you voting for a party-list organization in 2010?

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 [...]

Filipinos in Singapore included in Overseas Absentee Voting

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 [...]

THE JAMES HAS SPOKEN: Benford, shmenford

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 [...]

Smartmatic wins UN contract for Voter Registration in Africa

If it’s good for the United Nations, it ought to be good for the Philippines.
After all criticism thrown at Smartmatic and Smarmatic-TIM, its international reputation doesn’t seem to be suffering one bit.  Other countries continue to trust the company whose aim is to provide “technology for all”.
In this latest bit of news, the Republic of [...]

Defensor welcomes Pulse Asia’s denial of survey showing Herbert Bautista leading in QC Mayoralty race

Defensor said he was glad that Pulse Asia president Ronald Homes personally denied that the firm conducted and released the survey.

“I myself was doubtful on the results of the survey because I don’t believe that my comedian rival is leading,” Defensor said.

Defensor said that based on the January 15 to 30, 2010 survey commissioned by the city’s Morato Business Group, he was leading Bautista by as much as 7 percent.