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There are cases when an individual transfers residence then fails to file an application for cancellation or transfer. This is an electoral case called double/multiple registration, which also called as flying voter. Whether it is deliberate or not, the individual who is found guilty shall be punishable with imprisonment of one to six years. [3]
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 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.
On March 10, 2020, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) suspended voter registration in the entire Philippines due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. [38] The commission later stated on August 15 that voter registration would resume on September 1 in areas under "general community quarantine" or "modified general community quarantine ...
COMELEC and Miru Systems sign the ₱17.9 billion contract for the FASTrAC project. On December 14, COMELEC conducted its first public bidding for a contract for the full automation system with the transparency audit count (FASTrAC) project amounting to a maximum of ₱18.827 billion. The South Korean firm Miru Systems was the sole bidder for ...
At the end of voters registration on September 30, 2024, based on the COMELEC's data, the province's voting population is now - 1,051,200, an increase of 10.68%, equivalent to 101,409 additional voters from the 2022 elections' electorate of 949,791, making Bohol, one of the vote-rich provinces in the country.
September 5 to 7 - Student leaders, educators, top officials of the League of Municipalities and League of Cities of the Philippines, among other groups, called for the abolition of the SK. September 17 - The House of Representatives passed House Bill 2417 , postponing the Barangay and SK elections, originally set October 29, to the first ...
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) ended the year-long registration of new voters and voters transferring residences nationwide, apart from the general registration of voters in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on October 31, 2012. Due to the commission not allowing an extension of registration, COMELEC offices nationwide were ...