“This is an important chance for us to strengthen our barangay, the branch of government that first provides service to our people,” said President Benigno Aquino III in a statement on the eve of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. Read more...

A Commission on Elections (Comelec) official expressed disappointment over the supposed slow and late procurement of ballots and ballot boxes for the upcoming October 25 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections.

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Potential candidates for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections can begin filing their certificates of candidacy (COCs) starting Friday (October 1).

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Granting an election watchdog’s petition, the Supreme Court ordered the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to disclose the source code of last election’s automated system. Read more...

Of the 3.8 million new voters targeted by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), only 1.6 million registered to participate in the Oct. 25 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, according to COMELEC spokesperson James Jimenez.

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Manual auditing by the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) showed that the May 10 elections—the country’s first national automated polls—were 99.6% accurate .

The random manual audit, which covered 1,046 clustered precincts, or around 500,000 votes, found that none ...

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The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the preventive suspension of six Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials for their alleged participation in the irregular P690-million ballot secrecy folder deal.

Finding the grounds for suspension justifiable, Ombudsman Ma. Merceditas N. Gut...

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