{"id":214186,"date":"2019-05-13T23:06:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T03:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=214186"},"modified":"2019-05-13T23:06:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T03:06:54","slug":"senatorial-bet-claims-losing-votes-in-6-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/05\/13\/senatorial-bet-claims-losing-votes-in-6-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Senatorial bet claims losing votes in 6 areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_214189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214189\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img20190513175411-13isto2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-214189\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img20190513175411-13isto2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img20190513175411-13isto2.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img20190513175411-13isto2-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: POLL FRAUD? Senatorial bet Glenn Chong, who claims losing votes in six areeas during the mid-term polls. speaks to reporters after his closed-door meeting with Comelec officials at the PICC in Pasay City. (PNA photo by Joyce Ann L. Rocamora)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&#8212; Senatorial candidate Glenn Chong on Monday stormed the temporary Commission on Elections (Comelec) headquarters in Pasay City, claiming he lost his votes in six areas during the mid-term polls.<\/p>\n<p>Chong said individuals who voted for him received their voter&#8217;s receipts without his name on the paper. This allegedly took place in the cities and provinces of Cagayan, Biliran, Manila, Iloilo, Batangas and Cagayan de Oro.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Cagayan, there were many,&#8221; Chong said but refused to disclose details, even the total number of persons who reported the case of his deleted name.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are only going to say the places because I want the Comelec to come out first with the data,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Chong had a closed-door meeting with Comelec officials, including spokesperson James Jimenez, who asked him to file an official complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Chong said his camp will be drafting the letter and will submit it to the poll body on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In one of the said reports forwarded to him, Chong claimed that a voter from Biliran chose him and senatorial bet Mar Roxas, but only the latter&#8217;s name appeared in the voter&#8217;s receipt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA&#8212; Senatorial candidate Glenn Chong on Monday stormed the temporary Commission on Elections (Comelec) headquarters in Pasay City, claiming he &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":214189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214190,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214186\/revisions\/214190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}