Ever wonder what happened to the PCOS-rejected ballots in the 2010 and 2013 elections?
PCOS ballot rejection was not an unexpected incident. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) came out with the “bilog na hugis itlog” video to show voters how to properly shade the ovals across the names of candidates of their choice. The Comelec and Smartmatic-TIM took pains to explain to the public that ambiguous marks on the ballot would result in the PCOS rejecting the ballot. The other causes are smudges on the bar code or the timing marks printed on all edges of the ballot or fake ballots.
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