Even before the 2013 elections are over, the National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) is proposing changing the local contractor that paved the way for the automation of the polls in 2010 and now, 2013.
A member of the Board of Election Inspectors in Guagua, Pampanga allegedly distributed pre-shaded ballots, reports reaching the Commission on Election (Comelec) Command Center said Monday.
Field reports filtering into the National Movement for Free Elections Monday indicated that the early voting in some areas in the country was a logistical nightmare.
The National Citizens Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) yesterday said that more than 400 dead people have been included in the computerized voters list (CVL) while at least 20 others who have been abroad during the past two elections have not been deleted from the official list.
Election watchdog groups are as ready as they can ever be for Monday’s polls.
The National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) opened Sunday a headquarters in Mandaluyong City for its midterm election watch.
Election watchdog groups are as ready as they can ever be for Monday’s polls.
How much is a Filipino’s vote worth these days? According to the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel), candidates are offering up to P3,500 for a single vote in Ilocos Norte, P3,000 in neighboring Ilocos Sur, P2,000 in Zamboanga Sibugay, and P100 in Tawi-Tawi.
Commission on Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes warned the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections Friday against openly criticizing the Comelec, reminding the private election watchdog body he had the authority to cancel its accreditation as one of the commission’s citizen arms.
Worried about the reports it was getting from the field, the National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) on Thursday wrote the Commission on Elections to express its apprehensions about the reliability of the Precinct Count Optical Scan machines.
A taxi driver was robbed and killed by five men who posed as passengers on Sunday night in Quezon City.
There were some glitches but no major problems. Comelec Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. acknowledged only “minor” problems in the dry run for the May 2013 elections that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) conducted on Saturday in 10 selected areas across the country.
While trying to patch up their differences, the two citizen arms’ assigned by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the upcoming elections will work together to ensure fair and clean polls.
