Commission on Elections Chairman Jose Melo announced yesterday the full automation of next year’s elections.
Speaking to reporters, Melo said the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Automated Election System has given the Comelec the go signal to start the process of bidding for the automated electoral machines.
The supplemental budget for the automation of the election are already in its final stage and the biddng for the machines to be used have already started and the deadline for the filing of the certificates of candidacy for the 2010 election has been move to about three months earlier, or to Nov. 30, 2009. Thus the new timeline would give the Comelec ample time to design the ballots for the automated polls in 2010.
Although the filing of the certificate of candidacy is earlier the campaign period for the 2010 election still remains the same. Candidates for national posts could only start their campaign 90 days before the May 10 elections
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