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Written by magnolia on 06 March 2010
THE board of election inspectors (BEIs) who will serve on election day will be given copies of the list of the alleged double and multiple registrants for the 2010 polls.
Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez said that there will be a watchlist so that the BEIs will be alert and they can check if a voter has already voted in other places.
Once the watchlist is out, Comelec will be issuing guidelines on the use of the watchlist.
Under the law, the latest registration of the double and multiple registrants will be honored by the poll body.
Jimenez also assured that the commission is not negligent towards the issue and the cleansing of voters that was earlier cited by the Philippine Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV).
Poll watchdog PPCRV earlier said there are about 40,000 duplicate voters in Davao City. Almost 1,000 are meanwhile alleged to be zombie voters.
The Comelec official admitted though that dead citizens who are still part of the voters list are quite difficult to track.
Comelec will soon be launching a page on its home website where people can report to the commission there dead relatives. The webpage will be helping to further cleanse the list of voters. (PIA-Bohol)
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Written by magnolia on 06 March 2010
FOR the first time in the country’s election history, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will put up special polling precincts in detention cells to uphold the rights of the inmates to vote on May 10.
Comelec Commissioner Rene Sarmiento said the special polling precincts in the detention facilities will be manned by Special Board of Election Inspectors.
The Comelec, in Resolution 09-005, upheld the right to vote of detainees and prisoners in national prisons, provincial, city and municipal jails and other government detention facilities on May 10.
The resolution granted the petition of the Commission on Human Rights to establish special polling places complete with Special Board of Election Inspectors in municipal, district, city and provincial jails with at least 100 registered inmates.
Sarmiento said that if a jail has less than a hundred inmates who have registered, they will have to apply for escorted voting to enable them to vote in polling centers found in public schools.
According to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, of 50,000 inmates awaiting trial across the country, only 23,657 have registered for the May 10 polls. (PIA-Bohol)
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Written by anyajulia on 21 November 2008
Commission on Election (COMELEC) – Bohol is now on preparations for the receiving of the registration of new voters for the coming 2010 elections. The said registration will be from December 2, 2008 – December 15, 2009.
Atty. Eliseo Z. Labarya, Provincial Elections Supervisor, declares that they have started to pull-out old records of voters. Labarya says that there will be an increase of voters by 10% this 2010 than the number of voters for the Barangay And Sannguniang Kabataan (SK) elections last October 2007. He adds that the direct voting and counting machine used in the ARMM elections is suggested by COMELEC for the elections here for faster results.
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Written by Misael on 23 May 2008
PANGLAO ISLAND,BOHOL–President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo called on all political leaders to support government efforts in tackling the twin global challenges of spiralling oil prices and food shortage.
In her opening statement at the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Cabinet group meeting at the Garden Square of the Panglao Island Nature Resort and Spa in the world-famous Panglao Island, the President stressed that too much politicking would not help solve the problem on oil and food.
”We have much to do to bring affordable food, energy and power to our people. I call on all our leaders to help us in this urgent task, and leave the politicking for 2010,” the President said.
The President added that the people are now feeling the impact of rising oil and food prices and the government continues to implement mitigating measures to ease the burden.
Thus, she called on those who take advantage of the situation to stop and instead help government in its efforts.
”Let us give priority to food, livelihood and the basic needs of our people,” the President said adding that she remains focused in improving the lives of the people, unmindful of political bickerings.
”(Politicking) will not bring food on the table, affordable electricity and transport fare,” she said. (PIA)
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