THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday said that it will implement the Online Voting and Counting System in next year's midterm elections, with or without a supporting legislation.
THE Commission on Elections on Thursday said that it will implement the Online Voting and Counting System in next year's midterm elections, with or without a supporting legislation.'We will proceed with internet voting at all costs, law or no law,' Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said, adding that the commission en banc arrived at the decision after studying the possible implications of canceling the plan.
Comelec spokesman John Rex Laudiangco said that, based on existing laws, it was evident that Congress was cognizant of the commission's expertise and knowledge on the matter.
To Implement Online Voting Sans Supporting Law
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