The Commission on Elections (Comelec) would not be violating Republic Act 9669 or the automated election system (AES) law if it decided to conduct the 2016 elections using the proposed hybrid polling system, according to a lawmaker.

While the hybrid election system involves manual voting and precinct counting, Sen. Aquilino Pimentel 3rd said over the weekend, it also supports electronic transmission and canvassing that are in accordance with the AES law.

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