MANILA, Philippines — The Fee on Elections (Comelec) introduced on Saturday that the printing of subject check ballots for the 2025 Bangsamoro Autonomous Area in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary Elections will begin on Monday on the Nationwide Printing Workplace (NPO) Facility, NIA North Highway, Diliman, Quezon Metropolis.
Primarily based on an announcement, the Comelec mentioned the printing of 160 subject check ballots will start after the signing of the memorandum of settlement (MOA) for the supply of printing providers in connection to the BARMM Elections.
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The MOA signing is about on the Palacio of Intramuros, Manila.
In line with the Comelec, the printing of 160 ballots is meant “solely to be used within the upcoming Discipline Take a look at in July 2025 to be carried out inside BARMM.”
“These subject check ballots is not going to mirror the names of precise candidates and political events within the 2025 BARMM Parliamentary Elections, as these can be used solely for simulation and testing functions,” the Comelec mentioned.
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The Comelec emphasised that the sphere check goals “to make sure the accuracy, integrity, and readiness of the electoral guidelines, procedures, and automatic election programs to be deployed in BARMM.”
The sector check is a part of the fee’s preparatory actions for the BARMM Parliamentary Elections, that are set for October 13, 2025. /cb