Comelec starts printing of ballots for Eleksyon 2025

Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair George Garcia and other officials hold up some of the ballots to be used Eleksyon 2025 on Monday, January 6, 2025 at the National Printing Office in Quezon City. Some 73 million ballots will be printed and the process is expected to finish on April 14, 2025. SUNDY LOCUS/GMA Integrated News

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday started printing the 73 million ballots to be used for the 2025 national and local elections (NLE).

Of the 73 million, data from the Comelec showed that over 68 million will be used for the national elections, and more than two million will be allocated for the Bangsamoro Parliamentary elections. At least one million will also be printed for the test ballots for the final testing and sealing (FTS), while the remaining ballots would be used for overseas voting, as well as  local absentee voting (LAV). 

The initial batch included ballots for LAV and test ballots for the FTS. 

According to the poll body, it is eyeing to print around 1 million ballots per day, with the printing process to last until April 14, 2025.

The Comelec over the weekend bared the new official ballot template for this year’s midterm elections. — BM, GMA Integrated News