Manila Bulletin
Comelec: 372,878 of 67.4 million ballots printed defective
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to finish reprinting 372,878 defective ballots this week.
These defective ballots, which comprise 0.58% of the total printed, have issues such as smudges or imperfect cuts.
The Comelec plans to publicly present, account for, and then incinerate the original defective ballots by the end of April.
Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan previously declared the commission's full preparedness for the May 9 National and Local Elections.
The Comelec also released data on registered voters, showing 33,644,237 females and 32,076,993 males, with Calabarzon having the largest number of registered voters.
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