In the Municipality of Artiche, Eastern Samar, Brgy. Macarthur, the PCOS machine rejected all the ballots. This incident was reported in Polling Center ID 73038.

Meanwhile, after initial reports of vote buying in Tacloban City, separate accounts from all over Leyte claim that vote-buying is prevalent throughout the island. Earlier reports received by Kontra Daya claimed that P1,000 to P3,000 are being distributed per voter in the city.