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Nearly 90% of the 67 million ballots for the May elections have been printed: Comelec

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported on Thursday that nearly 90%, or more than 58 million, of the ballots for the May 9 national and local (NLE) elections have already been printed at the National Printing Office (NPO) in Quezon City.

Commissioner George Erwin Garcia stated during a press conference that 58,838,453 ballots, or 87.2 percent of the total number of ballots to be printed, totaling 67,442,616, have already been printed.

Except for Quezon Province, the ballots for the National Capital Region (NCR) and Region 4-A have not been completed.

As of 8 a.m. Thursday, only 671,154 or 9.17 percent of the 7,322,361 total ballots required in NCR had been printed, while 5,816,117 or 74.86 percent of the 7,769,073 total ballots required in Calabarzon had been printed.

Garcia stated that a total of 105,853 ballots were reprinted after being discovered to be defective.

On the other hand, the Comelec official reminded the public that voter information sheets may be distributed only by poll body personnel (VIS).

He indicated that the VIS would be distributed prior to Election Day. The VIS shall include the voter’s name, address, precinct and place of registration, as well as simplified instructions for voting.

“Be prepared if someone knocks on your door and hands you VIS. We have already printed the entire country’s VIS and are now ready to distribute it “Garcia remarked.

Meanwhile, Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez stated that the commission will issue specific markings to verify the authenticity of the VIS distributed.

“We will publish information on the markings that indicate whether the item you purchased is genuine and authentic VIS,” he added.

Republic Act 7904 requires the poll body to send a voter information sheet to all registered voters via registered mail at least 30 days prior to an election.

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