Palace wants Election System modernized for 2010 Elections

Malacanang wants the country’s electoral system modernized in time for the 2010 elections.

This was revealed by Press Secretary Jesus G. Dureza.

According to Dureza, modernizing the electoral process is “one of the legacy agenda” of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

He also revealed that the executive department has submitted a supplemental budget of P11.9 billion for its implementation and hopes that Congress would approve it along with the proposed 2009 budget. (PIA/Bohol)

COMELEC prepares for 2010 elections

Commission on Election (COMELEC) – Bohol is now on preparations for the receiving of the registration of new voters for the coming 2010 elections. The said registration will be from December 2, 2008 – December 15, 2009.

Atty. Eliseo Z. Labarya, Provincial Elections Supervisor, declares that they have started to pull-out old records of voters. Labarya says that there will be an increase of voters by 10% this 2010 than the number of voters for the Barangay And Sannguniang Kabataan (SK) elections last October 2007. He adds that the direct voting and counting machine used in the ARMM elections is suggested by COMELEC for the elections here for faster results.