00:00Comilec has already printed more than a million balotas for the 2025 National and Local Elections.
00:06The Commission is also preparing to ban the distribution of sample balotas on the day of the election.
00:14This is what Louisa Erispe has reported.
00:18Just a week after the Commission on Elections started printing balotas,
00:23the Commission has already printed more than a million balotas.
00:27According to Comilec Chairman George Erwin Garcia, this means that Comilec will finish printing 13.12% of balotas
00:36and they need to finish more than 62 million balotas from more than 72 million balotas.
00:42But Comilec said that their target is still April 14.
00:48The manual verification of balotas is delayed,
00:52so it will take a long time if they need to be printed again.
00:57This is just the right time to distribute election paraphernalia before the day of the election on May 12.
01:05According to the printing of balotas,
01:07Comilec is also preparing for the release of a possible law that prohibits the distribution of sample balots on the day of the election.
01:17Geertne Garcia said that this is still part of the campaign of a candidate.
01:23Sample balots is campaigning.
01:25It is not prohibited to distribute sample balots on the day of the election.
01:29If you are giving sample balots, that is campaigning.
01:34Comilec's advice to the voters is that they should bring their own code
01:39so that it will be easier to vote in the precincts.
01:42Meanwhile, Comilec plans to have polling precincts in malls and gymnasiums instead of schools.
01:50Garcia explained that this is for those who are complaining that classrooms are hot and cramped.
01:56I said that we will look for other venues other than schools that can be moved.
02:01Classrooms are small.
02:05Only 10 people can vote at any given time.
02:08Garcia explained that they will discuss this with the Department of Education
02:13because they want to limit the problem of classrooms being damaged every election.
02:18Luisa Erispe for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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