Resolution No. 9475 - Guidelines for 2012 ARMM General Registration of Voters

RESOLUTION No. 9475
RULES AND REGULATIONS IN THE CONDUCT OF
GENERAL REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN THE
AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO (ARMM)

WHEREAS, it is the policy of the Commission to establish a clean, complete, permanent, and updated list of voters through the adoption of biometrics technology (digital photograph, fingerprints and signature) using the Voter Registration Machines (VRMs) in the registration process;

COMELEC suspends voter registration and validation from June 25 to July 31, 2012

Republic of the Philippines

COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS

Manila

SUSPENSION OF THE SYSTEM OF CONTINUING REGISTRATION OF VOTERS AND VALIDATION OF REGISTRATION RECORDS IN SUCH AREAS AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION. x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x	BRILLANTES, Sixto S., Jr. SARMIENTO, Rene V. TAGLE, Lucenito N. VELASCO, Armando C. YUSOPH, Elias R. LIM, Christian Robert S.	Chairman Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner
	Promulgated:  June 8, 2012

COMELEC assures unhampered voting in Negros Occ special elections

By CARLA GOMEZ
The Visayan Daily Star

THE Commission on Elections yesterday said it will ensure that residents of the fifth district of Negros Occidental will be able to freely exercise their right to vote on Saturday.

COMELEC vows PWD-friendly precincts for 2013

By XIANNE ARCANGEL 
VERA File | PWD Files 


THE Commission on Elections has promised to make voting precincts more accessible to persons with disabilities, even if Congress fails to pass the promised The Polling Center Accessibility Act in time for the May 2013 mid-term elections.

Commissioner Rene Sarmiento said the COMELEC will issue resolutions to ensure that accessibility will no longer be a problem for PWD [persons with disabilities] voters in the upcoming polls, as it had been in the past.

COMELEC orders Morato charged for electioneering

Manoling Morato and Maggie dela Riva

By:  Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines (18 May 2012) - The Commission on Elections on Friday said it found probable cause against former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office chair Manuel "Manoling" Morato, for possible violation of election laws when he used his television show in 2010 to endorse the candidacies of Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and actor Edu Manzano for president and vice president.