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A reflective morning here in the Philippines, where majority of Filipinos voted to elect another Marcos as president.

96% of precincts have transmitted results as of writing, the fastest since 2010, due to “upgraded equipment,” says Comelec. | via @newsdwight #PHVote

@newsdwight “It’s because of the improved and upgraded equipment and systems so as to prevent the 2019 scenario,” says Commissioner Garcia, referring to the infamous seven-hour glitch.

Photo below, from Commissioner Casquejo, compares speed of transmission results since 2010.

@newsdwight Comelec holds its midday press briefing. Commissioner Marlon Casquejo says transmission of ERs not expected to reach 100%, as some areas with no signal will have to manually upload results. | via @newsdwight #PHVote #WeDecide

The number of defective VCMs for the 2022 polls reached 915, but Casquejo said this just accounts for less than a percent of the total. | via @newsdwight #PHVote #WeDecide

Comelec Commissioner Casquejo on claims that the "consistent" 47% gap of Marcos' votes vs Leni means there is election cheating:

“In our transparency server, tumatanggap siya ng resulta from clustered precincts, wala iyong tinatawag na balwarte.” | via @newsdwight

Casquejo: In first transmission at 7:30 pm, sa iba’t ibang lugar ito. Lahat ng precincts in different locations, nagta-transmit patungong transparency server. If you receive a result, and may percentage lead, most likely, ganoon na rin ang lead when it comes to all transmissions.

Casquejo says an upcoming random manual audit will help dispel claims of election cheating, as the RMA will check accuracy of the machines.

During RMAs, independent auditors manually tally votes and compare the results with machine tallies. | via @newsdwight

The Philippines inches closer to the record voter turnout in 2016. Partial turnout now at 80%; in 2016, it was 81%. | via @newsdwight #PHVote #WeDecide

The Comelec as the national board of canvassers (NBOC) resumes session. | via @newsdwight #PHVote #WeDecide

LIVE: Updates from Comelec on the 2022 Philippine elections

The NBOC suspends proceedings until 7 pm as no region has completed transmission of certificates of canvass.

Note: The NBOC canvasses certificates of canvass from local boards, not election returns transmitted by VCMs. | via @newsdwight #PHVote #WeDecide

LOOK: The first hardcopy of a certificate of canvass is received here in PICC, where the Comelec has convened as the national board of canvassers. The COC is from Malabon. | via @newsdwight #PHVote #WeDecide

@newsdwight The Comelec as the national board of canvassers resumes session. Transmission of certificates of canvass in Abra, Benguet, and Kalinga now complete. Chairman Pangarungan asks secretariat to first print COC in Abra for watchers to check. | via @newsdwight #PHVote #WeDecide

@newsdwight The NBOC moves to defer the canvass of votes in Abra as the board has yet to receive the manually prepared certificate of canvass.

The NBOC moves on to Malabon, where COCs have been manually submitted to the board. | via @newsdwight #PHVote #WeDecide

@newsdwight Watchers now in line to compare manually prepared and physically transmitted COC with the printed electronically transmitted COC of Malabon. | via @newsdwight #PHVote #WeDecide

@newsdwight The NBOC moves to generate results from provinces that have transmitted certificates of canvass, without waiting for the physically submitted COC, in order to expedite the process. | via @newsdwight #PHVote #WeDecide

@newsdwight The NBOC halts session until 10 am tomorrow. First batch of partial, official results for senator and party-list groups expected to come out tonight. | via @newsdwight #PHVote #WeDecide