Comelec probes 1,867 defective VCMs and SD cards

Updated Sat, May 14, 2022 at 6:15 PM Published Thu, May 12, 2022 at 7:47 PM

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has initiated its own investigation into over 1,800 malfunctioning vote-counting machines (VCMs) and SD cards used in the May 9 polls.

This probe began even before President Rodrigo Duterte called for an investigation to address public doubts about the elections' credibility.

Comelec spokesman lawyer John Rex Laudiangco confirmed that Commissioner Marlon Casquejo is pursuing a random manual audit of the affected VCMs and SD cards.

Common issues encountered included scanner cleaning, printer activation, flickering LCDs, and paper jams, though most were reportedly minor and resolved through diagnostics.

The poll body aims to identify areas for improvement and possibly adopt new machines for the 2025 elections.

Commissioner George Garcia reported that 1,867 VCMs and SD cards in total were deemed defective.

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