PIMENTEL TO SENATE: PROBE OFW ONLINE VOTING

COMELEC’s Online Voting Lacks Transparency, Integrity, and Accountability

April 25, 2025 Numerous overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have raised concerns and expressed doubts about COMELEC’s ongoing online voting system, which began on April 13 and will run until May 12, 2025. One of their main complaints is the absence of a process that allows voters to see and verify the results of their individual votes. This has led to widespread skepticism regarding the integrity and transparency of COMELEC’s Online Voting and Canv…

PIMENTEL TO SENATE: PROBE OFW ONLINE VOTING

Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III called for a Senate investigation into the legality and implementation of internet voting for Overseas Filipino voters in the 2025 national and local elections, raising concerns about system glitches, security risks, and questions of legal authority. In Senate Resolution No. 1344, Pimentel urged the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation to conduct an inquiry in aid of legislatio…