MANILA, Philippines — Greater than 16 p.c of the 72 million ballots for midterm polls have been printed on Tuesday, Fee on Elections (Comelec) chair George Erwin Garcia mentioned on Tuesday.
Garcia mentioned that of the 72,107,420, a complete of 11,780,626 have been printed, accounting for 16.34 p.c of the ballots.
He additionally famous that the Comelec is now reaching its goal common of 1.8 million ballots every day.
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“To this point, so good,” Garcia mentioned in an opportunity interview in a resort in Manila the place coaching of ballot employee takes place.
The Comelec resumed the printing of ballots on Jan. 27.
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The printing strategy of Comelec first started on Jan. 6 however has since been delayed thrice on account of Supreme Court docket’s momentary restraining orders which compel the ballot physique so as to add the names of senatorial aspirants it beforehand declared as nuisance candidates.
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Consistent with this, the printers of the Nationwide Printing Workplace helped South Korean election techniques supplier Miru to print the 72 million ballots to succeed in the April 14 deadline.
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