As of 7 p.m. Comelec says “only 533” VCMs were reported defective. This is what Comelec Commissioner Marlon Casquejo said regarding the reports that cites VCM are not working in a number of voting precinct.
UPDATE: As of 7 p.m. Comelec says “only 533” VCMs were reported defective.
“What is important is of the 106,174 [VCMs], only 533 ang nagkaproblema and meron po tayo nag-successful clustered precinct,” says Comm. Marlon Casquejo. #Halalan2022 | via @jauhnetienne pic.twitter.com/ybYVmr37KG
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The reported 533 VMCs are just a fraction of the 107,345 machines deployed by COMELEC for the 2022 elections, so far 97,345 VCMs have been used by the Comelec.
Source: Rappler
