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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 3) — The government should procure additional vote counting machines so voters can be dispersed to more polling precincts in 2022, Senator Cynthia Villar said Thursday.
She made the statement in response to concerns raised by a Commission on Elections official during a Senate hearing that the poll body may be forced to assign 1,000 voters per clustered precinct, instead of the ideal 500 or lower, due to the limited number of VCMs.
"Sa (In the) Palawan plebiscite, it’s only 200 maximum per clustered precinct," COMELEC Deputy Executive Director for Operations Teopisto Elnas, Jr. said during the Senate committee on electoral reforms hearing on the preparations for the May 2022 general elections.