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MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) was required by the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday to comment on the voting technology provider Smartmatic Philippines Inc.'s petition against their disqualification for the future bidding processes on the Automated Election System for the 2025 National and Local Elections.
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) will hold a second round of bidding next year for the full automation of the 2025 elections following the failed bidding for the Full Automation Transparency Audit Count (FASTrAC) last week.
FOR the third time, the deadline for the submission and opening of bids for the Full Automation System with Transparency Audit/Count (FASTrAC) project for the 2025 midterm elections has been pushed back by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
For years, our poll authorities have been celebrating the “success” of our automated electoral system. Now they are trying to convince us the vendor who supplied the technology that made “successful” automated elections possible should be barred from participating in forthcoming biddings.
A DAY after being disqualified by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), Smartmatic Philippines Inc. cried foul yesterday, saying the poll body made an “unfair” ruling.
MANILA, Philippines — Smartmatic Philippines Inc. has decried as unfair its disqualification by the Commission of Elections (Comelec) from all poll-related biddings, including the ongoing bidding for voting machines to be used in the 2025 midterm elections.
MANILA, Philippines — Umaasa ang isang grupo sa pagkakaroon ng "mas transparent na automated elections" sa pagkakadiskwalipika ng Smartmatic — bagay na posibleng makapagpanumbalik daw sa tiwala ng publiko sa proseso ng halalan.
THE partnership that began in 2010 will be no more.