Manila, Oct. 6 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is studying the possibility of shifting to a manual system of voting for the March 2026 Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections (BPE).

"In compliance with the Supreme Court's decision that an election must be held by March 31, 2026, we are currently studying whether manual elections is possible to do," Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said on Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon on Monday.

"We see the pressing demand to have an election on March 31. That is why we are really pushing forward with the study on whether holding a manual election is possible," he added.

The first-ever BPE was supposed to be held on Oct. 13 but was postponed after the Supreme Court (SC) declared unconstitutional ...