Comelec starts printing ballots for automated election system

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA — The printing of ballots for the automated election system that would be used in the May 9 national and local elections started Sunday, Commission on Elections spokesperson James Jimenez said.</p><p>Jimenez said it began with ballots that would be used in the Bangsamoro region, particularly Lanao del Sur province. </p><p>&quot;Printing of official ballots for the 2022 national and local elections began at [approximately] 11:27 a.m. today, 23 January 2022, at the National Printing Office,&quot; Jimenez said.</p><p>More than 2.5 million ballots will be printed for the Bangsamoro region, Jimenez said. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Printing of official ballots for the 2022 National and Local Elections began at appx 11:27AM today, 23 January 2022, at the National Printing Office. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/votesafepilipinas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#votesafepilipinas</a> <a href="https://t.co/fZngFYhfKE">pic.twitter.com/fZngFYhfKE</a></p>— James Jimenez (@jabjimenez) <a href="https://twitter.com/jabjimenez/status/1485098892811448322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The poll body&#x27;s spokesperson added that the Comelec also finished printing ballots for the manual local absentee voting (LAV) and overseas voting.</p><p>The commission started printing around 60,000 LAV ballots last Thursday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/20/22/comelec-begins-printing-halalan2022-official-ballots">Comelec begins printing #Halalan2022 official ballots</a></li></ul><p>The Comelec said 67,442,714 official ballots would be printed for the upcoming elections, of which more than 1,697,202 would be for overseas voters.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qFjV6HiwcFc?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

The printing of ballots for the automated election system that would be used in the May 9 polls started Sunday, Comelec spokesman James Jimenez said.

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Comelec starts printing ballots for automated election system

Comelec starts printing ballots for automated election system

Robert Mano,

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Published Jan 23, 2022 02:26 PM PHT

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