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
Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia made the call ahead of Tuesday's deadline for the voter registration period for the Sept. 14 BARMM polls and the Nov. 2 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE)... Read full article
MANILA – Senator Sherwin ‘Win’ Gatchalian enjoins colleagues to consider the enactment of his bill seeking to institutionalize the grounds for declaration of nuisance political candidates and imposition of a fine for putting the election process in m... Read full article
The Supreme Court (SC) upheld the ruling of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) disqualifying a candidate in the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) for violating provisions of the SK Reform Law's "anti-dynasty" clause.... Read full article
In a ruling made public Monday, the SC said the Commission on Elections (Comelec) abused its discretion in declaring Charles “DB” Savellano a nuisance candidate and canceling his certificate of candidacy.... 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
Based on Commission on Elections (Comelec) Resolution No. 11198, the honoraria for the chairpersons and members are PHP12,000 and PHP11,000, respectively.... Read full article
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday signed Republic Act (RA) 12317, resetting the first regular elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to the second Monday of September 2026.... Read full article
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday reported that PHP3 billion of the PHP19 billion budget for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) has been spent in line with ongoing preparations for the polls set on Nov. 2... Read full article
The activity was conducted in coordination with the Bansud local government unit Comelec satellite office, bringing government services directly inside the facility to ensure accessibility for qualified registrants.... Read full article
The recorded applications received is at 1,554,253, including applications as new registrants totaling to 556,283, aged 18 years old and above.... Read full article