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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Sunday it will start printing again official ballots for the 2025 national and local elections on Wednesday, January 22, after the operation was halted in response to a Supreme Court (SC) order.
Comelec chairman George Garcia said the poll body now aims to use all the machines available at the National Printing Office considering the delays in printing ballots, which was originally supposed to be finished by April 14.
To recall, six million printed ballots, with a printing cost of around P132 million, were put to waste following the issuance of a temporary restraining order by SC against the disqualification of several local bets in the May 12 midterm polls.
“Sa Miyerkoles na darating, tayo po ay magsisimula na muli, back to zero, sa pag-iimprenta ng mga balota,” Garcia said in a Super Radyo dzBB interview.
