Manila Bulletin
Comelec completes ballot printing for 2022 polls
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has completed the printing of 67.4 million official ballots for the May 9 national and local polls.
The printing process, which began on January 23, was finished on April 2, ahead of the April 25 deadline.
A total of 319,138 ballots were quarantined, with 178,990 found to be defective.
Defective ballots will be destroyed and replaced, and the printed ballots will undergo a verification process.
The Comelec has also begun the deployment of automated election system (AES) supplies, including vote-counting machines and laptops, to regional hubs nationwide.
The Comelec has approved the local absentee voting (LAV) applications of 84,221 individuals out of 93,567 verified applicants, with 9,346 applications disapproved.
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