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Just six weeks before the 2016 Philippine general election, the COMELEC website was hacked by a group called "Anonymous Philippines" on the night of March 27, 2016. [19] Anonymous Philippines asked the poll body to implement security on Precinct Count Optical Scanners (PCOS)—automated voting machines. [20]
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 election on May 9. [1]
Philippine citizens must be at least 18 years old by noontime of election day. In addition, Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) must have a valid Philippine passport. [2] [3] COMELEC implemented the Register Anywhere Program in July 2022, converting shopping malls, certain churches, and plazas as offices for the program.
Order of Precedence of the Philippines as Chairperson of the Commission on Elections: Succeeded by. Gamaliel Cordoba. as Chairperson of the Commission on Audit
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.
Voter registration in the Philippines is the process of filing an application to have a voter's record at the Commission on Election in a specific date and designated places set by the Comelec. [ 1 ]
In an op-ed published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer and later in the University of the Philippines College of Law's website, law professor and Action for Economic Reforms fellow Dante Gatmaytan argued that Comelec First Division's decision should be reversed, writing that "The majority opinion allows a person who continuously failed to file ...
These are term-limited and retiring members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines during the 19th Congress of the Philippines, who either cannot or chose not to run in the 2025 House elections. In the Philippines, members of the House of Representatives are limited to three consecutive terms.