Comelec: All 8,298 clustered precincts in NCR done with testing and sealing of VCMs

A Commission on Elections official on Saturday said all 8,298 clustered precincts in the National Capital Region have had their vote counting machines tested and sealed.

Comelec-NCR Assistant Regional Election Director Atty. Jovencio Balanquit revealed this information in an interview on Super Radyo dzBB.

Balanquit: Meron lang konting glitches at issues na ni-resolve natin kaya may mga natitira pang clustered precincts na magsasagawa ng testing at sealing ng VCM.

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) May 10, 2019

He added, however, that some 10 to 20 clustered precincts in Caloocan, Taguig, and Quezon City needed to have their SD cards reconfigured since they were defective.

Balanquit: Kinailangan pang i-reconfigure ng COMELEC at after ma-approve ng national technical support center namin, papalitan ng panibagong SD card iyon.

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) May 10, 2019

Balanquit sa mga lugar kung saan nagkaroon ng problema sa SD card: Iba-iba. Meron sa Caloocan, Taguig, Muntinlupa at Quezon City. Almost in all areas ng NCR may ganoong pangyayari.

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) May 10, 2019

On Friday night, Comelec spokesman Director James Jimenez said the election body was working to replace 686 SD cards after testing some 43,000 as of 6 p.m. 

Jimenez said  85,769 main SD cards will be used for the same number of vote counting machines for the elections on May 13. —KG, GMA News