Should we retain Smartmatic for 2025 elections?

THE Manila Times reported on Thursday that the "Commission on Elections (Comelec) wants brand-new vote counting machines (VCMs) for the 2025 midterm elections, warning that reusing the 90,000 old VCMs would lead to problems because the machines are already obsolete."

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