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The COMELEC was created by a 1940 amendment to the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines. Prior to the creation of the COMELEC, supervision over the conduct of elections was vested by law in the Executive Bureau under the Department of Interior and, later directly by the same department. The secretary of interior saw to it that local authorities ...
Overseas Absentee Voting Act R.A. 9189 states that all Filipino citizens abroad [6] who are not disqualified by law and at least 18 years old by the time of elections will be entitled to vote. The eligible individuals are required to file their applications personally at the Philippine embassy or consulate nearest their region.
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The Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) is an electoral tribunal that decides election protests in the Senate of the Philippines.It consists of 6 senators nominated by the Senate, and 3 justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, who are designated by the Chief Justice.
Preparations for the 2009 registration began as early as April 2008 [5] where the commissioner of COMELEC took charge of the overseas absentee voting process. COMELEC held consultations with non-governmental organizations, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) to ensure that voter turnout in the ...
The COMELEC issued Resolution No. 07-0407 on March 6, 2007 "maintaining the status quo with Cotabato City as part of Shariff Kabunsuan in the First Legislative District of Maguindanao." Resolution No. 07-0407, adopted the COMELEC's Law Department recommendation under a Memorandum dated February 27, 2007.
The Supreme Court ruled in Marquez vs. COMELEC that not being financially capable to mount a nationwide campaign is not a reason for the commission to declare someone as a nuisance candidate. [6] [7] During the 18th Congress, a bill has been proposed imposing a fine on aspirants who were deemed to be nuisance candidates. [8] [9]
Juan Andres "Andy" Donato Bautista (born March 28, 1964) is a Filipino lawyer and former government official. He served as chairman of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) from 2010 to 2015 and then chairman of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) from 2015 to 2017 in the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.