THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) will prioritize the printing of ballots and distribution of all election paraphernalia by region, starting from the farthest.

Chairman George Erwin Garcia made this known Monday as the Comelec resumed the printing of 73 million ballots for the May 12 national and local elections and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary polls. Printing was suspended on Jan. 14 after the Supreme Court issued temporary restraining orders to stop the poll body from disqualifying a number of candidates.