THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) will print an initial 73 million ballots in preparation for the upcoming 2025 synchronized national, local and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections.

Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Tuesday that of the number, 70 million would be used for the regular midterm elections, 2 million for BARMM and 1 million as test ballots that would be used for an education campaign on the use of the new automated counting machines (ACMs) from November 2024 to Jan. 30, 2025.