IFES' local Filipino Partners Recognized by the Election Commission
August 05, 2010
The Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC) held a meeting on July 27 for the accredited election watchdogs and other local organizations that monitored the recently conducted May 2010 elections. Included in this reunion were two of IFES-Philippines’ partners—the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao-based Citizens CARE and the Lawyers Network for Truthful Elections.
Elections
IFES Philippine Project Officer is Honored with Award
July 19, 2010
On July 19, 2010, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), led by Director Rosendo Dial, presented a Plaque of Appreciation to May Gladys Butoy, IFES Philippines’ Project Officer for the Vulnerable Sector Project funded by the British Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO), for her contributions to “the realization of the exercise of the right to suffrage of inmates nationwide, which was carved in the annals of Philippine history during the May 2010 national and local elections.”
Civil Society,
Democracy Assistance,
Post-conflict,
Rule of Law
Reflecting on the Philippine’s 1986 and 2010 Elections
June 23, 2010
Bill Sweeney, IFES President and CEO, was in the Philippines to observe the 10 May 2010 elections. It was a historic election as it was the first time the Philippines used automated voting across the entire country. It was an especially memorable election for Mr. Sweeney as the first international election he monitored was the high-stakes 1986 Filipino presidential election between the infamous Ferdinand E. Marcos and highly-esteemed Corazon C. Aquino. In this essay, Mr. Sweeney shares his thoughts on the two elections, taking place in extremely different circumstances, and the changes he noticed in the Philippines.
Elections,
Voting Technology,
Election Disputes,
Electoral Systems
IFES Observes Historic Philippines Election
May 27, 2010
IFES President and CEO Bill Sweeney and other DC-based staff joined Philippines Chief of Party Beverly Hagerdon Thakur, Deputy Chief of Party Juhai Grossmann and other IFES-Philippines staff members in observing the May 10, 2010 national and local election. Filipinos went to the polls to cast ballots for president, vice-president, senators, congressmen, governors, mayors and other key offices.
Elections,
Voting Technology,
Electoral Systems,
Voter Turnout
Citizens CARE fields 7,501 monitors for the May 10, 2010 Automated Elections
May 10, 2010
Citizens CARE, the COMELEC accredited pollwatcher for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ARMM, deployed 7,501 volunteers to observe the Region’s 3,377 clustered precincts in 1,939 voting centers in 114 municipalities and 4 cities on May 10, 2011.
Elections,
Voting Technology,
Electoral Systems,
Voter Turnout
Top Experts in Complaints Adjudication Discuss the Upcoming Elections in the Philippines
April 27, 2010
For an entire week, from February 8 to 12, 2010, IFES and the American Bar Association, with funding support from USAID, brought two of the foremost legal experts on election adjudication from the US – Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul H. Anderson and election law expert John “Jack” Hardin Young – to Manila in order to meet with the Commission on Elections and other stakeholders and advise on complaints adjudication with this new technology. Both Justice Anderson and Mr. Young have experience litigating and adjudicating cases using Precinct Count Optical Scan systems, which are similar to those which will be used in the Philippines.
Election Disputes,
Voting Technology,
Election Ballots,
Election Law,
Governance