The Manila Times – Open election data project
By Lito Averia | The Manila Times ORGANIZED in 1983, the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) is the first election-monitoring body in the world and, at the outset,
Manila Bulletin – Comelec Spokesman confident with more secure ballots and vote-counting machines
By Minka Klaudia Tiangco | Manila Bulletin The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reiterated that it beefed up its security measures to ensure a clean and honest election this May. Comelec
Daily Tribune – Comelec’s useless regulations
By Victor Avecilla | Daily Tribune Promulgating regulations is one thing. Being able to enforce them is another. This truism apparently has not dawned on the narrow-minded bureaucrats running the
The Manila Times – SC orders delivery of Camarines ballots
By Jomar Canlas | The Manila Times The Supreme Court (SC), sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), has ordered the delivery of more ballot boxes from the province of Camarines
The Manila Times – Time to change the automated election law
By Nelson Celis | The Manila Times Part 6 IN the proposed 2018 draft amendments to the Automated Election System (AES) Law, or RA 9369, the Technical Evaluation and Certification
The Manila Times – The source code review findings
By Lito Averia | The Manila Times WHAT value does the review of the source code of the automated election system being done by representatives of political parties, citizens’ arms,
The Manila Times – Counting of votes should be done in public again
By Gus Lagman | The Manila Times ARE we happy with the way the Comelec automated our election system? A survey some years back showed that some 70 percent of
Rappler – [OPINION] How to make the automated elections less vulnerable to cheats
By Emil Marañon III | Rappler In the 2019 elections, the Comelec will test a Voter Registration Verification System in one-third of the clustered precincts, mostly in Mindanao. The 2019
The Manila Times- Time to change the automated election law
By Nelson Celis | The Manila Times Part 5 THE 2018 draft of the automated election system (AES) law proposes to change the Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) to Technical Evaluation
The Manila Times – Hostaged by a broken electoral system
By Antonio P. Contreras | The Manila Times IT behooves us to ask if in the entire history of our Republic, and in the many cases of successful election protests,
Daily Tribune – Is Facebook still useful come May?
By Nick V. Quijano Jr. | Daily Tribune Mr. Duterte is the first and last Facebook president. No other politician in the May midterm elections, including his closest allies, will
The Manila Times – How automation of vote counting has undermined transparency
By Lito Averia | The Manila Times THE smartphone has truly become a ubiquitous device that many aspire to own. Couple this with internet technologies that brought a revolution and
The Manila Times – A conspiracy of tolerance
By Antonio P. Contreras | The Manila Times THE vigor by which Robert Mueller goes after people who may have tainted the US 2016 presidential election, notwithstanding the fact that
The Manila Times – We did it in Mindanao, can we do the next one?
By Francisco S. Tatad | The Manila Times ON Jan. 21, 2019, close to two million Filipinos ratified the Organic Law creating the Bangsamoro Automous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM),
ABS-CBN News – Robredo camp opposes recount of Mindanao votes
By Adrian Ayalin | ABS-CBN News MANILA—Vice-President Leni Robredo’s camp said it is “game over” for former senator Bongbong Marcos as her lawyer filed a supplemental manifestation before the Presidential
The Manila Times – Our elections since 2010 all violated the law
By Antonio P. Contreras | The Manila Times THERE is an elephant in the room that many do not want to call out, name, talk about and even recognize. It is
Daily Tribune – And the winner is… abandoned
By Ninez Cacho-Olivares | Daily Tribune Midterm polls are coming up, yet after close to three years, the Supreme Court (SC), acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), still has
The Manila Times – SC: Real winner of VP contest known soon
By Jomar Canlas | The Manila Times The Supreme Court (SC), sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), is getting closer to knowing the victor in an election protest of
ABS-CBN News – PET letter confirms ‘suspension’ of VP recount
By Mike Navallo | ABS-CBN News MANILA – (UPDATE) A letter of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal addressed to parties of the vice-presidential electoral protest confirmed that the revision proceedings were suspended
The Manila Times – Voters generally unconcerned about integrity of election process
By Gus Lagman | The Manila Times VOTERS are generally more concerned about who will win an election than whether the election process can be trusted or not. Nothing very