Imee Marcos sponsors hybrid elections bill
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 15) Senator Imee Marcos is pushing for a hybrid mode of manual and automated elections, citing a supposed lack of transparency in the current voting system.
The senator, who chairs the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People s Participation, endorsed for plenary approval Senate Bill 1950 or the Hybrid Election Act during Monday s session.
The bill seeks the conduct of a hybrid election to ensure transparency and credibility of the electoral process. It consolidates previous bills on hybrid polling which she and Senate President Vicente Sotto III previously filed.