Covid-positive voters who are in a queue at polling precincts are allowed to cast their vote on Election Day, May 9, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Sunday, May 1.
(Polling Precinct/ MB FILE PHOTO) Poll Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia said symptomatic voters will sti
(PNA file photo) MANILA -The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Friday announced that people with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) symptoms may still cast their votes in the May 9 local and national elections. DILG Undersecretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said a new normal committee was formed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to make sure that the May 9 polls will proceed amid the pandemic. The DILG, Department of Health (DOH), Department of Education (DepEd), and the Department of National Defense (DND) have signed a resolution to enforce the new normal plan. In the polling places nationwide, Malaya said there will be a Covid-19 symptom checking process on all voters with those having signs of the ailment being put in the isolation polling place. Under the scheme, Malaya said the DOH will deploy its personnel where appropriate medicines are made available when the need arises. He noted that the DILG, through the local government units (LGUs), w
Despite the threat of a new Covid-19 surge, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that postponing the upcoming May 2022 polls will not be an option of theirs and vowed to push through with it no matter the circumstances.
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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, April 7, revealed their plans to "Covid-proof" the May 2022 polls.
Comelec/MB Included in the plan of the poll body is the creation of a medical advisory board. Comelec Commissioner Aimee Neri said this is to "provide additional support in revi
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Aimee Neri will head the New Normal Committee of the poll body.
Comelec Commissioner Aimee Neri during joint press conference with DILG on April 7, 2022 (Screenshot/DILG FB) Neri said she was appointed to the post Wednesday, April 6. "Just yesterda