Comelec mock elections get poor turnout

Low public interest characterized the mock elections held by the Commission on Elections Saturday, February 2, even as only a few glitches were reported from the field. Comelec Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr saw for himself how a ballot-counting machine, the precinct count optical scan, rejected the first 3 ballots. The machine was eventually replaced with a contingency machine after a technical team confirmed a glitch. Voter turnout was lower than expected in select precincts in Quezon City, hitting less than 20%. Up to 2,500 were expected to try out the voting system in preparation for actual elections on May 13. Elsewhere such as in Dumaguete, various precincts encountered delays in transmitting results to designated servers. These were traced to poor signals and power interruptions. Overall, the Comelec said the mock polls went smoothly.

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The story on how the mock elections went at the University of the Philippines Integrated School is on Rappler.