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 [...]
December 3rd, 2009 by Malayang Halalan
BAHALA NA SI BATMAN KUNG PAANO KAYO BOBOTO SA 2010.
Comelec will submit a 2010 budget of P40M for Voter Ed. This was based on Voter Ed program for the 2008 ARMM automation project. Budget hearing scheduled within the next few days.
An alarming development, considering that optimally, this budget should be multiplied 20 times to [...]
October 29th, 2009 by Malayang Halalan
High costs were one concern—finishing the project would take another €28 million. But what doomed the effort was a lack of trust: the electorate just didn’t like that the machines would record their votes as mere electronic blips, with no tangible record.