COMELEC ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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                    [Title] => Poll reform consortium says Comelec running out of time
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Time is running out. The Consortium on Electoral Reforms (CER) yesterday expressed concern over the timeline of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), saying the poll body should not dilly-dally in choosing the voting system for use in the 2016 elections.

                    [DatePublished] => 2015-08-10 10:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1804896
                    [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo
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                    [Title] => Poll body junks MR filed by bidder for PCOS repair
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The search continues for the most efficient voting system for next year’s polls after a Commission on Elections (Comelec) special bids and awards committee rejected a motion for reconsideration filed by a consortium earlier disqualified from bidding for the contract to refurbish precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines.

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                    [Title] => Namfrel pushes for computerization of 2001 polls
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Election watchdog National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel)
urged yesterday the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to implement a 1997 law
computerizing elections once and for all, beginning with the 2001 mid-term
polls.

Republic Act 8436 or the Election Automation Law of 1997 was passed to speed up
the counting of votes through the use of computers, which is largely expected
to curtail cheating.

At present, votes are counted manually, a process that would last for weeks.
The tedious counting procedure also provided opportunities for cheating.

The Comelec d
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Poll reform consortium says Comelec running out of time

By Sheila Crisostomo | August 10, 2015 - 10:00am

Time is running out. The Consortium on Electoral Reforms (CER) yesterday expressed concern over the timeline of the Commission...

Headlines

Poll body junks MR filed by bidder for PCOS repair

By Sheila Crisostomo | August 8, 2015 - 10:00am

The search continues for the most efficient voting system for next year’s polls after a Commission on Elections (Comelec) special bids and awards committee rejected a motion for reconsideration filed by a consortium...

Headlines

Namfrel pushes for computerization of 2001 polls

April 2, 2000 - 12:00am

Election watchdog National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) urged yesterday the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to implement a 1997 law computerizing elections once and for all, beginning with...

Headlines