KALIBO, Aklan (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Provincial Office here recently conducted a Voter’s Counting Machine (VCM) Roadshow with participants composed of officers and members of the Aklan Public Information Officers Association (APIOA).

The VCM Roadshow was held at the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) – Aklan Provincial Office as one of the activities of the association’s first-ever face to face meeting held after two years.

Before the demonstration on how the VCM operates,  COMELEC-Aklan’s designated Information Officer Chrispin Raymund Gerardo, first provided updates on the Commission’s preparation for the May 9, 2022
national elections, the scenario at various voting centers during the election day, as well as reminders and tips for a smooth and orderly voting process come the much-anticipated political exercise.

“They had been trained for three days, capped by a practical/theoretical examination which they must all pass,” Gerardo said.

He also said that during election day, voters are allowed to bring their list of candidates they wanted to vote for, but they are not allowed to copy from  other voters in the room, or ask for names of candidates.

Voters are also not allowed to bring their cellphones inside the polling precincts.

The province of Aklan, per data from the COMELEC, has a total of 409,938 voting population  with 694 clustered precincts at 327 barangays.

COMELEC-Aklan is now headed by Acting Provincial Election Supervisor lawyer Reinier B. Layson. (JBG/VGV/PIA6 Aklan)