Comelec starts delivering first batch of counting machines to Mindanao

With more than a month left before the May 2025 midterm polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) started, on Friday, April 4, delivering the first batch of Automated Counting Machines (ACMs) to Mindanao.

- By DHEL NAZARIO

At midnight on Friday, Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia supervised the shipping of 3,700 ACMs to three of its hubs in Mindanao.

“Kinakailangan po kasi nasusunod yung ating pagedeliver na eksakto oras at schedule upang hindi madelay kasi alam natin 49 na araw na lang eleksyon na (It is essential that we adhere to our delivery schedule and timing to avoid delays, especially since we only have 49 days left until the election),” he said in an interview.

He added that Comelec remained on schedule for the elections, such as with the printing of ballots and voter information sheets.