Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair George Erwin Garcia announced on Monday that the printing of ballots for the May 12, 2025 National and Local Elections (NLE) is now already 76 percent finished.
He said that as of March 3, 2025, the number of ballots already printed is at 53,894,129. This is 76.58% of the total 72 million ballot requirement for the midterm polls.
Owing to this, Garcia said only 16,338,956 ballots are needed to be printed to complete the requirement for the said election.
The Comelec, he said, targets to finish the ballot printing up to the second week of this month.
“Ang ating pong pag-print ng balota, more or less, March, tapos [na] kami. Mga second week going to the third week of March. The most, March 19, tapos kami sa printing, basta magtuloy-tuloy ang performance ng anim na makina,” Garcia said.
