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• Comelec official says ballots for May 9 elections arrived

THE city and municipal treasurers in the region have received the official ballots for the May 9 elections, lawyer Gay Enumerables, Commission on Elections ( Comelec) regional office said Sunday.

In a text message, Enumerables to the number of said the number voters in each of the local of official ballots being government units. sent to cities and municipalities Earlier, Enumerables in the region corresponds said about 4,000 votecounting machines (VCM) were already delivered to the region.

Based on the record of the office, there are about 4,384 clustered precincts in the region, with the city with 1,411.

On the part of the city security units, the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) said it would deploy more police units to secure polling precincts.

Col. Alberto Lupaz, DCPO acting chief, said 80% of the personnel will be deployed for election duties, while the remainder will supervise checkpoints and police stations.

About 2,000 personnel will be deployed on the day of the voting, 600 personnel will be sent to the polling precincts, while about 1,100 of them will become part

BING GONZALES PERSONNEL from the Davao City Police Office cast their vote in the local absentee voting ahead of the national and local election on May 9 at Camp Domingo Leonor compound on Thursday, April 28. DCPO will deploy 80% of personnel to perform election duties which include securing the 263 polling centers.