Comelec junks zombie list cleansing By Angie M. Rosales 03/04/2010

PPCRV estimates 3.2-M of padded names Comelec junks zombie list cleansing By Angie M. Rosales 03/04/2010 Despite concrete evidence of massive registration padding, through double, multiple and dead voters listing, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) stood firm on its refusal to clean up the voters list, insisting that it is only the courts that can clean up the list, through exclusion proceedings. Poll officials yesterday said before the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Automated Election System that only the courts, and not the Comelec, can cleanse the padded voters list. “We cannot remove them (flying voters) from the list because only the courts can delete the names of the registered voters, through a petition for exclusion,” Comelec executive director Jose Tolentino told the panel. The congressional panel members raised a howl, saying this is a false claim, since the Comelec has the jurisdiction on all electoral matters.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20100304hed1.html

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