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September 19, 2023September 20, 2023Opinion, Politics

What’s the endgame for electoral fraud?

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Electoral fraud, also called vote rigging, voter fraud or election manipulation, involves illegal interference in the process of an election, either by increasing the vote share of a favored candidate, depressing the vote share of rival candidates, or both. Through the TNTrio’s scrutiny of hard data coming from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) itself and...

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From left: Retired Brig. Gen. Eliseo Rio Jr., Frank F. Ysaac, former Biliran Rep. Glenn Chong and former Comelec Commissioner Augusto Lagman sing the national anthem before the start of the press conference on Sept. 13 at Metro Club in Makati City. —PHOTO BY OLIVER TEVES
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September 16, 2023February 21, 2024Politics

Petitioners want Smartmatic out of next polls for ‘meeting with Marcos Jr.’s wife before May 2022 elections’

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Representatives of Smartmatic met with the future first lady before the May 9, 2022, presidential election, violating their contract as the automated election system (AES) provider for the Commission on Elections (Comelec), according to a motion to disqualify the company from involvement in the 2025 polls. The submission to the Comelec on Sept. 11 is...