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Comelec-Negros Oriental provincial election supervisor-designate lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Oriental is worried over the lack of available contingency vote-counting machines (VCMs) as replacements for broken or malfunctioning units during the conduct of the May 9 national and local elections. Lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, Comelec-Negros Oriental provincial election supervisor-designate, told the Philippine News Agency Wednesday afternoon it is worrisome that to date not a single contingency VCM unit has arrived in the province. Castillano said the Comelec does not have enough contingency VCM units for the entire country and so they have to institute alternative means at the local level to ensure that the official ballots are scanned, recorded, and transmitted. "We are going to carry out the final testing and sealing of all VCMs to be used in the elections tomorrow (Thursday) and

Negros orientalLionel marco castillanoCommission on elections comelecPhilippine news agencyComelec negros orientalPhilippine news agency wednesdayComelec negros oriental provincial election supervisor designate lawyer lionel marco castillano photo by judy flores partlow dumaguete city the commission on elections in is worried over lack of available contingency vote counting machines vcms as replacements for broken or malfunctioning units during conduct may 9 national and localOmelec negros oriental provincial election supervisor designateOld the philippine news agency wednesday afternoon it is worrisome that to date nota single contingency vcm unit has arrived in province castillano said comelec does not have enough units for entire country and so they institute alternative means at local level ensure official ballots are scannedNd transmitted quot we are going to carry out the final testing and sealing of all vcms be used in elections tomorrow thursday not sure if them workingUot castillano said if any of them failsHey will have to be brought cebu for repairNless the trained and accredited information technology it technicians can fix them hereE added ideallyNe contingency vcm is allocated for each of the 25 towns and cities in negros orientalNd the 26th unit for provincial comelec office but castillano says there is still no word regarding when and how many contingency vcms will be deployed to provincea few days ago