Election watchdog Kontra Daya stressed that the breakdown of vote counting machines (VCMs) today (May 9) is much worse compared to the past two election cycles. Comelec said at least 1,800 VCMs malfunctioned this year (Fernandez, 2022).
Read MoreInitial reports of Kontra Daya - Southern Tagalog reveal that 48% of the monitored and verified cases (55 out of 115) are on VCM errors. These include cases of rejected ballots, and failed or incomplete printing of
Read MoreUpdate as of 3:30 p.m. Based on 464 verified reports nationwide, anti-fraud Kontra Daya and VoteReportPH said that the first seven hours of today’s election have been marred with disinformation, red-tagging, malfunctioning vote counting machines, and disenfranchisement
Read MoreKontra Daya has documented several cases of red-tagging of certain candidates and party-list groups on the eve of and on election day. The perpetrators include the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) which is supposed to be
Read MoreCLAIM: Only the voter can feed their ballot into the vote-counting machine RATING: NEEDS CONTEXT CONTEXT: Amid numerous reports on social media of vote-counting machines breaking down, there have been calls on social media that only the
Read MoreFailures and errors of vote-counting machines (VCMs) continue to be prevalent on Election Day, Monday, May 9, reports to Kontra Daya have shown. Paper jams and rejected ballots are common errors faced by voters. In some areas,
Read MoreLong lines, malfunctioning Vote Counting Machines, missing names in voters lists - these are the problems faced by voters piling into various polling precincts all over the country today. Kontra Daya's monitoring centers have been receiving reports
Read MoreKontra Daya calls on the COMELEC to extend voting hours for Election Day past the stated 7:00 P.M. closing time today, May 9. With the volume of reports coming in to Kontra Daya regarding vote counting machine
Read MoreKontra Daya has received and monitored numerous reports of voters being told to leave their ballots behind, either because voters were senior citizens, persons with disabilities, or VCMs were malfunctioning. On the ground, voters are either told
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