WITH three weeks before elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is still saddled with problems that may delay the voting process and create doubts on the credibility of the outcome of the polls.

The Comelec’s concerns include, among others, the prospect of unstable power supply on election day as a result of the drought experienced in many parts of the country and the loopholes in the amended general instruction (GI) for the members of the board of election inspector (BEI), particularly the issue on replacement ballot.

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