SC to Comelec: Comment on Gordon’s audit-trail plea

By Jomar Canlas, TMT

Feb 23, 2016 10:23 pm

The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday ordered the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to explain on a petition filed by former senator Richard Gordon that seeks to compel the poll body to activate the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) feature of the automated election system to be used in the May 2016 elections.

The SC en banc directed the Comelec to file its comment within a non- extendable five days.

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