ILOILO – A total of 3,060 vote-counting machines (VCMs) will be used in this province and Iloilo City on May 9 for the synchronized national and local elections.
The delivery of the VCMs to 43 towns, the component city of Passi and Iloilo City was completed on April 26, according to Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) provincial election supervisor Atty. Ian Lee Ananoria.
The VCMs were distributed to the following towns: Ajuy (61), Alimodian (63), Anilao (33), Badiangan (36), Balasan (38), Banate (39), Barotac Nuevo (65), Barotac Viejo (52), Batad (32), Bingawan (19), Cabatuan (82), Calinog (80), Carles (79), Concepcion (51), Dingle (53), Dueñas (53), Dumangas (83), Estancia (57), Guimbal (46), Igbaras (52), Janiuay (83), Lambunao (88), Leganes (40), Lemery (40), Leon (97), Maasin (57), Miag-ao (130), Mina (31), New Lucena (33), Oton (87), Pavia (60), Pototan (81), San Dionisio (47), San Enrique (44), San Joaquin (94), San Miguel (39), San Rafael (20), Santa Barbara (84), Sara (64), Tigbauan (82), Tubungan (50), and Zarraga (34).
The component city of Passi City received 96 VCMs while Iloilo City got 505.
Election offices will be testing the VMCs – which are now stored in safe locations – on May 6 and May 7, said Ananoria.
He declined to say where the VCMs are stored “for security reasons.”
There are also backup VCMs that may be used in case of technical glitches.
“May requirement nga one VCM per one clustered precinct but there are some cases that in one voting center there are several clustered precincts,” added Ananoria.
There are 3,060 clustered precincts and 1,422 voting centers in Iloilo province and city.
Comelec has “roadshows” in various barangays and municipalities so that people could familiarize themselves with the VCMs.
There are 1,298,282 registered voters in Iloilo province and 330,470 in Iloilo City.
Here’s the breakdown of registered voters in Iloilo province:
1st District (228,690 voters)
* Guimbal (24,008), Igbaras (20,386), Miag-ao (40,218), Oton (52,518), San Joaquin (31,964), Tigbauan (40,713), and Tubungan (14,640).
2nd District (222,230 voters)
* Alimodian (25,571), Leganes (25,332), Leon (33,324), New Lucena (17,052), Pavia (39,084), San Miguel (20,676), Santa Barbara (18,852), and Zarraga (18,852)
3rd District (273,797 voters)
* Badiangan (17,360), Bingawan (10,083), Cabatuan (36,656), Calinog (41,679), Janiuay (41,545), Lambunao (40,788), Maasin (15,593), Mina (15,593), and Pototan (45,338)
4th District (261,174 voters)
* Anilao (19,175), Banate (23,179), Barotac Nuevo (38,358), Dingle (28,253), Dueñas (22,474), Dumangas (49,775), Passi City (59,395), and San Enrique (23,565).
5th District (312,391 voters)
* Ajuy (35,248), Balasan (22,797), Barotac Viejo (31,367), Batad (15,490), Carles (48,727), Concepcion (28,525), Estancia (34,798), Lemery (21,732), San Dionisio (25,819), San Rafael (12,154), and Sara (35,734)./PN
