' 373k election ballots defective ' At least 372,878 ballots for the May 9 elections were found defective and are subject for reprinting, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Thursday. Read more👇
At least 372,878 ballots for the May 9 elections were found defective and are subject for reprinting, the Commission on Elections said Thursday.
“We will first complete the reprinting and the printing of other forms, then the destruction will follow. We will issue a notice,” Garcia said.At least two officials—Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and Senator Imee Marcos—have scolded the poll body for anomalies with the ballots, even those provided to overseas Filipinos under absentee voting rules, with just under three weeks before Election Day.
Meanwhile, in a Senate hearing, Marcos questioned the Comelec for banning accredited observers from noting down the destinations and packing details of voter ballots ready to be shipped nationwide. Brigido Dulay, the Foreign Affairs undersecretary for civilian security and consular affairs, had denied reports mainly on social media that pre-shaded ballots were handed out at various overseas polling posts.
Comelec Commissioner Marlon Casquejo said the supposedly pre-shaded ballots may have escaped scrutiny from election officers, as the chair of the board of election inspectors only authenticates official ballots on the first page. Marcos noted the Comelec was setting itself up for failure in deciding to limit the use of digital signatures to Metro Manila, Cebu and Davao due to supposed difficulty in procuring the right type of cable for vote-counting machines.
Comelec Commissioner Marlon Casquejo said in a TV interview pointed to the heavy turnout during the first day of absentee voting in places like Hong Kong, where 30 percent of Filipinos have already voted. Of the registered overseas voters, 786,997 are from the Middle East and African countries, 450,282 are from the Asia Pacific, 306,445 are from the North and Latin America, and 153,491 are from Europe.
The makeshift centers will mimic the size of a small room but will depend on the number of voters to be accommodated, Sinocruz Jr. said.“We will approximate the size of polling rooms to accommodate the number of voters. These are being done and will be procured by our regional offices. Those not needing makeshift [polling centers], will be transferred to other voting centers,” he said.
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