Halalan2022: Comelec says alternative mode of voting not yet possible
MANILA - Commission on Elections spokesperson James Jimenez on Friday said an alternative mode of voting for May 9, 2022 elections could not be adopted in the absence of a law.
This includes the possibility of casting ballots virtually or through SMS, according to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire. “As to the possibility of alternative means of voting, unfortunately these are not authorized by law and will not be employed on 9 May 2022," he said in a text message.
These IPPs, he added, are also places where they "can vote away from the general public, with all the necessary precautions appropriate to their health condition.”“The Comelec welcomes... Vergeire’s statement regarding the possibility of voting by COVID positive voters. We wish to reassure Usec. Vergeire that the Comelec is fully cognizant of the risks - both to the patient and the public - associated with making a COVID positive person go out to vote," he explained.
"This misapprehension may have simply arisen from statements made by Comelec to the effect that isolation polling places are being prepared," Jimenez said.
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