ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

Philippines: Backup protocol to ensure poll count–Comelec, Inquirer Visayas (2009).

This article deals with Comelec’s anticipation for technical problems with a quick “replacement protocol” to address such problems for the 2010 elections.

Philippines: NGOs still unconvinced of ‘fraud-free’ automated polls, GMANews (2009).

This article deals with non-government organizations that raised concern on the possibility of new forms of cheating that may occur during the 2010 automated elections.

Philippines: Comelec opens ballot printing to watchdog checks, Philippine Daily Inquirer (2009).

This article deals with the Commission on Elections that will install closed-circuit television cameras at the National Printing Office when the printing of the ballots for 2010 elections.

Philippines: 2010 ballot box to exclude rejected ballots, The Philippine Star (2009).

This article deals with rejected ballots by the PCOS that will be collected by the Board of Election Inspectors.

Philippines: Comelec: It’s final, voter registration over, Philippine Daily Inquirer (2009).

This article deals with the deadline registration of voters for the Philippines 2010 national elections.

Philippines: Poll preparations behind by a month - Comelec, GMA News (2009).

This article deals with Commission on Elections (Comelec) who is behind its original timeline in its preparations for the May 2010 elections.

Philippines: Comelec vows fraud-free automated elections, The Philippine Star (2009).

This article deals with Comelec which assured that the automated counting machines (ACMs) use in the 2010 elections are more secure, fast, transparent and clean.

Philippines: US wants transparent RP polls, smooth transition, The Philippine Star (2009).

This article deals with visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton which voice her country’s desire for a smooth transition of power in the Philippines through peaceful and orderly 2010 elections.

Philippines: Expect multi-colored ballots in 2010, Abs-cbn News (2009).

This article deals with the revised design of new colored ballot paper that will be used in 2010 Philippines elections.

Philippines: BIR issues campaign tax guidelines, The Philippine Star (2009).

This article deals with The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) which issued guidelines on five-percent withholding tax on campaign expenditures.

Philippines: Comelec goes hi-tech in poll info drive, Abs-cbn News (2009).

This article deals with Commission on Elections (Comelec) who launched two websites for educating the public about the 2010 automated elections.

Philippines: Comelec conducts voting process simulation, GMA News (2009).

This article deals with Commission on Elections (Comelec) who conducted a mini-simulation of the voting procedure at the poll body office to test whether the process would be efficient during the 2010 automated elections.

Philippines: 'Military to work for clean elections' , The Philippine Star (2009).

This article deals with military’s role in 2010 elections to keeping peace and order.

Philippines: House bill wants acting president in case of poll failure, The Philippine Star (2009).

This article deals with a bill in the House of Representatives seeks to name acting president in case of a failure of elections.

Philippines: Comelec warns politicians vs premature campaigning, GMA News (2009).

This article deals with candidates who are advised to refrain from having their infomercials aired after the filing of their COCs and before the start of the campaign period.

Philippines: 7 Cabinet men seen running in 2010 polls, Philippine Daily Inquirer (2009).

This article deals with 15 to 17 Cabinet men running for national or local positions for 2010 elections.

Philippines: 2010 candidates set to file COCs starting tomorrow, The Philippine Star (2009).

This article deals with candidates who are to file their certificates of candidacy (COCs) to Commission on Elections (Comelec) offices nationwide.

Philippines: Party-list groups ordered to bare nominees, GMA News (2009).

This article deals with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) which ordered party-list organizations to include the names of their nominees in all their campaign materials.

Philippine President Places South Under State of Emergency After Massacre Kills 24, The Jakarta Globe (2009).

This article deals with Philippine President who placed two southern provinces under a state of emergency due to the possibility of at least 24 people killed in relation to electoral violence.

Philippines: Comelec issues 2010 election guidelines, Manila Bulletin (2009).

This article deals with Commission on Elections (Comelec) who issued Seven-Point Policy Directions aimed at insuring the successful implementation of the Automated Election System (AES) in the May 10, 2010 presidential, congressional, and local elections.