Over 26K local absentee voting ballots received by Comelec as of May 3

The Commission on Elections has received more than 26,000 local absentee voting ballots for Eleksyon 2022 as of 5:30 p.m. of May 3, the poll body said.

A total of 26,396 ballots were received by the Comelec Reception and Custody Units so far, according to a tweet by GMA News reporter Tina Panganiban-Perez.

These are ballots filled out by members of:

• Philippine Army: 6,934
• Philippine Air Force: 2,259
• Philippine National Police: 14,281
• Department of Education: 807
• Bureau of Jail Management and Penology: 555
• Bureau of Fire Protection: 17
• Media: 809
• Commission on Elections: 628
• Department of the Interior and Local Government: 13
• Philippine Coast Guard: 81
• Department of Foreign Affairs: 1
• Public Attorney's Office: 2
• National Power Corporation: 9

A total of 84,357 applicants were approved by Comelec to participate in the local absentee voting held from April 27 to 29.

Meanwhile, the applications of 9,341 individuals were disapproved because they are either not registered or have been deactivated.

The local absentee voting is for government officials and employees, military and police personnel, as well as media workers who will be on duty on Election Day, May 9, 2022.

Local absentee voters voted manually for the national positions — president, vice president, senators and party-list.

The Comelec office in Intramuros, Manila continues to receive local absentee voting ballots.

These are kept in a heavily guarded room in the Comelec office, and will be opened on May 9 for counting. —KG, GMA News