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(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The advisory body is composed of nine members, who is required under the law to be registered voters and who are of known independence, competence and probity. The de facto chairman of the council is the current secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), assisted by members from the academe, non-government electoral reform organizations, ICT professional organizations and select government agencies The CAC chairman is DICT Sec. ...

Imee Marcos sponsors hybrid elections bill enablePagination: false FILE PHOTO Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 15) — Senator Imee Marcos is pushing for a hybrid mode of manual and automated elections, citing a supposed "lack of transparency" in the current voting system. The senator, who chairs the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and Peoples Participation, endorsed for plenary approval Senate Bill 1950 or the Hybrid Election Act during Mondays session. The bill seeks the conduct...