In a media interview at the sidelines of the inauguration of the Comelec Integrated Field Office -Western Visayas in this urbanized city, Garcia said the Nov. 2 schedule was at the absolute discretion of Congress.... Read full article
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is now accepting bidders for the second bidding for the contract to lease of additional OMR (optical mark reader) machines or vote counting machines (VCMs) to be used in the May 2022 polls.... Read full article
Adiong made the statement after his panel collaborated closely with the SERB to study the potential impact of a measure that would operationalize the constitutional directive to prohibit political dynasties.... Read full article
Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said they are waiting for the Senate and House of Representatives to pass the law that officially sets the date for the BPE on Sept. 14, 2026.... Read full article
Based on Resolution No. 11199, the Comelec en banc has determine the seat allocation that will be contested during the BPE which is being eyed to be held in September 2026.... Read full article
As of 5:05 p.m., a total of 66,994, or 26.50 percent of the 252,793 registered voters, have cast their votes for the replacement of Romeo Acop, who died on Dec. 20, 2025.... Read full article
Comelec-NIR election director Lionel Marco Castillano told the Philippine News Agency in an interview on Wednesday that election officers across the region were instructed to undertake these simple but meaningful activities throughout the month.... Read full article
A senator announced on Tuesday that a resolution has been filed seeking to conduct an inquiry in aid of legislation into the alleged fraudulent voters' registration for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in October. ... Read full article
The committee action moves the measure one step closer to becoming law, advancing legislation that seeks to prohibit the concentration of elective political power within families at both national and local levels.... Read full article
Lacson said funds allocated to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) cannot be realigned to other agencies, but unspent allocations may be declared as savings and returned to the National Treasury for other uses.... Read full article
Comelec Chairperson George Garcia thanked Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Congress for swiftly enacting the law fixing the election date.... Read full article