i think it was you can t live in a world where the incumbent administration stays in power, based on its view, and supported by specific evidence, that there was fraud in the election. bill barr, on election day, 2020. he was the attorney general of the united states. the top law enforcement official in the country, telling the president exactly what he thought about claims of a stolen election. donald trump had his days in court to challenge the results, he was within his rights to seek that judgment in the united states lawn had that for pursuing justice and he lost in the courts just as he did. that s the end of the line. but for donald trump, that was
(PNA file photo) MANILA-Some 2,000 vote counting machines (VCMs) have encountered some issues before the opening of polling places, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Monday. According to Comelec Commissioner George Garcia, there are 1,867 VCMs that malfunctioned and needed to be repaired. "They weren't all replaced. The technicians were able to resolve the issues," he said. Among the reported problems are paper jam (940), rejected ballots (606), VCM scanner (158), VCM printer not printing (87), and VCM not printing properly (76). The poll body official said that 10 VCMs required replacements. On the other hand, Comelec Commissioner Marlon Casquejo reported there are a total of 1,900 contingency VCMs on standby. "During the final testing and sealing, a total of 818 VCMs were defective but all were repaired. Thus, on election day, we still have 1,900 contingency VCMs," he said. There are a total of 107,345 VCMs to be used in the May 2022 polls. Meanwhi
DUMAGUETE CITY - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Oriental on Thursday advised registered voters to bring a list of the candidates they will vote for in the May 9 national and local polls to avoid ballot spoilage. "There are no spare ballots and if a person makes a mistake, such as an erasure, that will forfeit his or her chance to vote as the ballot will be considered as spoiled and shall not be counted," lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, Comelec-Negros Oriental provincial election supervisor-designate, said in an interview. The electorate is asked to start writing down their choice poll bets, based on the lists available on the Comelec website, on social media, and even in the voter's information sheet (VIS), Castillano said. By doing so, bringing a list to the polling place will cut down on the voting time of each voter, and will hasten the electoral process, he said. The VIS, which the Comelec here has already started delivering to the voters, contains pe
(File photo) MANILA - The government will hold special vaccination days in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to address the low vaccination rate in the region, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Thursday. "Mababa pa yung vaccination rate lalo na yung areas ng BARMM, Regions 12 (Soccsksargen), 7 (Central Visayas), medyo mababa pa yung vaccination rate diyan. So talagang sabay ito yung ginagawa natin both monitoring the violations on the election campaign and at the same time sa health protocols (The vaccination rate is still low, especially in the areas of BARMM, Regions 12, 7, the vaccination rate is still relatively low there. So this is really what we are doing both monitoring the violations on the election campaign and at the same time on health protocols)," Ano told reporters during the joint press conference of DILG, Commission on Elections (Comelec), and the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Camp Crame. He said
at the same time, it seems as though the president is fairly entrenched. he deals in his heels about his approach and his ways. yeah, in some ways i agree with that because i think that one of the things that the president really should try not to do is throw his own people under the bus. it s one of the things that s been really, i think, disheartening for members of congress. but the other thing we want to look at is remember four years ago, a lot of people believed this president was going to go nowhere near where he is now. they didn t believe that he was going to be the president on election day. they had so many we had so many different candidates that were great, i believe, options and he ended uprising to the top. somehow he found a way. i just want everyone to be careful to not count this out, to think that you have it in the bag because he does have a pace. i believe it s a silent majority that do not show up in the powing results. even though you ve got the 2020 electi