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Solon says use of existing VCMs for ‘25 polls will save gov’t P8b

A LEGISLATOR has urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to consider reusing its existing vote-counting machines (VCMs) in next year’s midterm polls to save...

Erice says Comelec should just use existing machines

Former Caloocan representative Edgar Erice has requested the Supreme Court (SC) to direct the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to use its existing inventory of...

Post-election thoughts

"Let us continue to uphold our democracy in this new government." May 9th, election day was my first time as a senior citizen and the...

Automated polls prove their worth once again

"The truth will have its day." Although 107,000 of the Vote Counting Machines (VCMs) performed flawlessly, during the early hours of voting on May 9,...

Canvassing the old-fashioned way

Members of the Electoral board manually canvas votes after defective Vote Counting Machines failed to do their task.

Long Queues, Long wait for VCMs.

A throng of voters line up to enter a polling center in Sampaloc, Manila to cast their votes on Monday, May 9, 2022. In...

Over 1,800 VCMs malfunction on Election Day

Voting in Monday’s national and local elections was marred by almost 2,000 malfunctioning vote counting machines (VCMs) that led to long lines at some...

Filipinos lose in case of ‘failure of elections’

"There remain many questions to be answered." Talks about ensuring a “peaceful and orderly” as well as “clean, honest and fair” elections may yet turn...

Heed the call

Despite the clamor from the President, the opposition and poll watchdog groups, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) seems eager to retain the use of...

Special election in Isabela town goes smoothly

Jones, Isabela—A special election was conducted in Barangay Dicamay 1 here owing to the burning of the vote counting machines or VCMs in the...

Smartmatic troubles, Noynoy’s legacy

It’s a shame we had to experience all the perennial troubles with Smartmatic’s automated election system that we inherited from the previous administration. The Commission...

A commendable job

"Voters are trusting the system more and more."     Barely two hours after the 2019 midterm polls, 70 percent of the results had already been transmitted. As...

Comelec backs Sotto charges of poll fraud

THE Commission on Elections announced Wednesday it was willing to look into the allegation made by Senator Vicente Sotto III that irregularities happened in...

Comelec returns VCMs to Smartmatic

THE Commission on Elections has turned over 97,366 units of Optical Mark Reader Machines and Election Management Systems, including accessories not purchased by the...
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