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The Commission on Elections, sitting as the national board of canvassers, suspended proceedings on Monday because they were then anticipating more votes to come in.
Hours after the close of voting, the number of election returns (ERs) received by the server of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) reached 79.20 percent as of 11:09 p.m. Monday, May 9.
Comelec/MB This means 84,092 out of the 106,174 local ERs expected to be received. As for overseas ERs, 110
MANILA-The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC) on Monday afternoon suspended the national canvassing for senators and party lists since there are still no votes to canvass. Comelec Commissioner Aimee Ferolino said they decided to suspend the proceedings early as they do not expect transmission of votes. "The Commission en banc, through the chairman (Saidamen Pangarungan), declared the early suspension since the vote-counting machines (VCMs) and the reports from VCMs are not yet transmitting. It will still pass through the MBOC (Municipal Board of Canvassers) and the PBOC (Provincial Board of Canvassers). Remember, the closing of the voting period is generally by 7 p.m.," she said in a press briefing. "So after that, that's the time they will start counting, so there is no point waiting because we have not received any results, that's why we will resume tomorrow (May 10) when the MBOC starts transmitting,&qu
RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE. Voters who are at least a foot apart from each other fill up their ballots on their armchairs for the national and local elections at precinct No. 299 in Bagong Nayon 1 Elementary School, Cogeo, Antipolo City on Monday (May 9, 2022). Some 61 million Filipinos are expected to participate in this year's polls. (PNA photo by Rico Borja) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is expecting to surpass the voter turnout in the May 2016 polls as the election returns (ERs) of the May 9, 2022 national and local elections started to come in. Lawyer John Rex Laudiangco, Comelec spokesperson, said they are expecting more than 80 percent of registered voters have participated in Monday's electoral exercise. "We can see based on the turnout that was reported to us, the queue of people, how early the people arrived, actually the precincts are filled to the brim," he said in a press briefing Monday evening. "Historically the voter turnout of the preside