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Nearly 30 million ballots printed for 2025 polls — Comelec

By Kristine Daguno-Bersamina | 1 day ago

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has printed nearly 30 million ballots for the May 2025 national and local elections,...

Headlines

Comelec defers printing of ballots anew

By Mayen Jaymalin | January 22, 2025 - 12:00am

The resumption of printing of the 73 million ballots for the May midterm elections was deferred anew, as the Supreme Court...

Headlines

EDITORIAL – Disrupted election timetable

January 22, 2025 - 12:00am

After junking at least four million of the six million ballots printed so far, the Commission on Elections released yesterday its “final list” of senatorial candidates for the midterm polls on May.

Opinion

Barangay chief bet, supporters block Comelec vehicle

By Emmanuel Tupas | November 1, 2023 - 12:00am

Tension gripped a polling center in Quezon City before dawn yesterday after a candidate for barangay captain and his supporters...

Nation

Balotang gagamitin sa May 13 polls dumating na

By Doris Franche | May 6, 2019 - 12:00am

Walong araw bago ang eleksiyon, duma­ting na kahapon ng madaling araw sa Manila City Hall compound ang opis­yal na...

Bansa

Ballots to have additional security features

By Mayen Jaymalin | February 11, 2019 - 12:00am

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is adopting additional security features in the ballots to be used in the coming May...

Headlines

Comelec holds ballot placement raffle for party-list groups

By Sheila Crisostomo | December 5, 2018 - 12:00am

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to conduct a raffle today to determine the number or the place of the party-list organizations in the official ballots for the May 2019 polls.

Nation

Up to 6 yrs jail time for violators: Ballot selfies not allowed

By Le Phyllis F. Antojado-Orillaneda | April 22, 2018 - 12:00am

Selfie addicts, beware. That photo on May 14 can send you to jail.

Cebu News

And then there were five Comelec final list out as Señeres withdraws

By Sheila Crisostomo | February 5, 2016 - 9:00am

On the last working day before the printing of official ballots for the May elections on Monday, one of six candidates for...

Headlines

Comelec moves printing of ballots anew

By Patricia Lourdes Viray | January 26, 2016 - 12:37am

The Commission on Elections announced on Tuesday that it is moving the start of ballot printing for the upcoming elections...

Headlines