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You must be a citizen of the Republic of the Philippines. You are a resident of the place where you intend to register for at least six months. you must be at least 18 years of age on or before the election date. You have not been adjudged as mentally incapable by a court or by competent authority. You are adjudicated as free from committing ...
The Commission on Elections (Filipino: Komisyon sa Halalan), abbreviated as COMELEC, [2] is one of the three constitutional commissions of the Philippines. Its principal role is to enforce all laws and regulations relative to the conduct of elections in the Philippines. The other two Constitutional Commissions are the Commission on Audit and ...
Commission on Elections data breach. On March 27, 2016, hackers under the banner "Anonymous Philippines" hacked into the website of the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and defaced it. The hackers left a message calling for tighter security measures on the vote counting machines (VCM) to be used during the 2016 Philippine general ...
Lakas–CMD. The 2025 Philippine general election will be held on May 12, 2025. During this midterm election, which will take place during the term of President Bongbong Marcos, all 318 seats in the House of Representatives and 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate will be contested to form the 20th Congress of the Philippines.
People's initiative (or " PI ") is a common appellative in the Philippines that refers to either a mode for constitutional amendment provided by the 1987 Philippine Constitution or to the act of pushing an initiative (national or local) allowed by the Philippine Initiative and Referendum Act of 1987. The appellative also refers to the product ...
Elections in the Philippines are of several types. The president, vice-president, and the senators are elected for a six-year term, while the members of the House of Representatives, governors, vice-governors, members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial board members), mayors, vice-mayors, members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod/members of the Sangguniang Bayan (city/municipal councilors ...
The Philippines began using technology to streamline vote counting with the automated regional elections held in Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on August 11, 2008. In the Maguindanao province, voters used Smartmatic's electronic voting machines, [ 2] while voters in the other 5 provinces (Shariff Kabunsuan, Lanao del Sur, Basilan ...
v. t. e. A general election in the Philippines took place on May 9, 2016, for executive and legislative branches for all levels of government – national, provincial, and local, except for the barangay officials. At the top of the ballot was the election for successors to Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and Vice President Jejomar Binay.