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Welcome to Halalan.From Comelec:
“Registered voters who haven’t had their biometrics captured need not panic. They can still vote in 2010.”
COMELEC spokesman James Jimenez issued this clarification Wednesday after news items came out saying that voters whose biometrics were not captured during their registration will not be allowed to cast their vote.
Jimenez explained that of the more than 45 million registered voters nationwide, more than half have yet to submit their biometrics using the poll body’s data capturing machines.
“So long as your name is included in the voters list, you will be allowed to vote,” he said, adding that voters’ identification cards (IDs) is also not a requirement on Election Day.
Need to know if you are really a registered voter? You can do so online. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has made available an online voter registration verification.
If you have registered before June 17, 2009, your details should appear here. You’ll be able to see your assigned precinct.
If you don’t see anything or if it returns an error, don’t panic. Your data may still be in the process of uploading.
It took me 3 hours to be an official and registered Voter.
But it was the waiting time which took much of that 3 hours. The registration process was easy and orderly. You just really have to bring the proper requirements and fill-out the registration form properly and you won’t have any problems.
Here’s how the registration process was:
I was browsing through the omnibus election code. I was particularly interested in one of the sections related to election Campaign.
Sec. 80. Election campaign or partisan political activity outside campaign period. – It shall be unlawful for any person, whether or not a voter or candidate, or for any party, or association of persons, to engage in an election campaign or partisan political activity except during the campaign period: Provided, That political parties may hold political conventions or meetings to nominate their official candidates within thirty days before the commencement of the campaign period and forty-five days for Presidential and Vice-Presidential election.
And the law specifically states that the following acts means campaigning:
Well, it seems that the 2010 Philippine Elections will be automated after all.
Total Information Management Corp (TIM) backed out of the partnership with SmartMatic was able to patch up their differences.
It’s a Go for automation!
Total Information Management Corp (TIM) backed out of the partnership with SmartMatic.
So, no more poll automation for 2010.
Visited the Comelec office in Marikina City.
Voter registration here seems to be going smoothly. Wilth all reminders posted for everyone to see.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) promises voter-registrants that the registration process will be hassle free.
First, the Comelec extended the registration days until Saturdays and during holidays. To give time for the Job swamped registrants to register.
Next, some Comelec branches, like in Caloocan, have developed a faster registration process for the elederly, pregnant women, and disabled registrants.
Lastly, Comelec aslo extended the registration period, from October 31, 2009 until December 15, 2009. A move that would likely make last minute registrants happy. Coz instead of going to comelec on October 29, 30, and 31… they’d flock comelec offices on December 13, 14 and 15. And then complain of the slow processing of the comelec. That’s the pinoy voter. 
If you are an Absentee Voter, check with comelec if your name has been deleted from the voters list.
The Commission on Elections en banc has ordered the full automation of the 2008 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
COMELEC Resolution No. 8415, dated 06 February 2008, called for the use of automated election systems based on two different kinds of technology: Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) technology in the province of Maguindanao and Optical Mark Reader (OMR) technology for the rest of the region. DRE allows voting through a touch-screen or touch-pad, while OMR requires voters to fill up a paper ballot which is then counted with a specially designed machine.
