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The Catholic church is backing a petition before the Supreme Court to order the Commission on Elections to preserve data logs in the May 9 elections to ensure the Filipino people’s “constitutional right to suffrage.”

Comelec told: Push for stand alone field offices

The Commission on Elections will resume voter registration beginning Friday, December 9.

The Commission on Elections has moved up to Dec. 17 the plebiscite to ratify the conversion of Baliwag into a component city.

Comelec suspends COC filing, other barangay, SK election activities

Twenty-nine candidates in the May 2022 elections are being investigated by the Commission on Elections for alleged involvement in vote buying incidents, Comelec Chairman George Garcia said yesterday during the budget briefing at the Senate.

Albay Gov. Noel Rosal and his wife, Legazpi City Mayor Geraldine Rosal — recently disqualified by the Commission on Elections — found allies in the bishop of the Diocese of Legaspi City and some constituents who have urged the poll body to reconsider its decision.

The Commission on Elections has been urged to reconsider its decision disqualifying Albay Gov. Noel Rosal and his wife, Legazpi City Mayor Carmen Geraldine Rosal.

To enable more Filipinos to participate in the elections, the Commission on Elections is looking to adopt a “register anywhere” system.

Special elections in the seventh district of Cavite will be held on Feb. 25 next year, the Commission on Elections announced yesterday.