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Ex-Philippines electoral commission chair fighting US extradition from Canada

By Samuel Rubenfeld ( April 18, 2025, 18:29 GMT | Insight) -- A former chair of the Philippines electoral commission, charged in the US with laundering bribes he allegedly received from a Florida voting machine company, is fighting his extradition from Canada, according to a new court filing from his defense team. He had been arrested, prosecutors said in late 2023 when seeking to unseal the case, but US court records at the time didn’t identify the jurisdiction where he was being held.A former chair of the Philippines electoral commission, charged in the US with laundering bribes he allegedly received from a Florida voting machine company, is fighting his extradition from Canada, according to a new court filing from his defense team....

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