The manual counting of votes is not an option in the event that a precinct’s vote counting machine malfunctions, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez ...

Election watchdogs called for a return to manual counting of votes in succeeding elections in the country, noting that the shift to automated election system has been prone to fraud. Former Australian ...

MANILA, Philippines — Regardless of challenges faced by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), the 2025 polls should not revert to manual counting due to the various issues it has previously caused, ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

The Supreme Court on Monday (April 7, 2025) refused to examine a plea seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India for a 100% manual counting of voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) ...

The discrepancies, variances or differences (or whatever the Commission on Elections wants to call them) between the manual count and the electronic count made by the PCOS machines present formidable ...

Pambansa Blg 881 or the Omnibus Election Code, the fundamental statutory election law of the Philippines, ensures the accurate reflection of the will of the populace by providing a system of manual ...

MANILA, Philippines—Some lawmakers are still pushing for the conduct of a parallel manual count alongside the automated ballot count. Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares said a manual count, although ...

As more provinces and cities use electronic tabulators to speed up vote counts, Elections Canada has opted to stick with a low-tech method before the federal election: The hand count.