Good Day friends from Rappler and COMELEC, I would like to report the experience of my college schoolmate who cast his vote in his hometown -- Libertad, Misamis Oriental.

Voting situation at Golden Acres National High School as of 5:53 pm.

Watchers reported the line improved, with the only issue being a lag in the Automated Counting Machine in the classroom with the most voters.

Polling precincts close at 7:00 pm. | via Angela Ballerda

Highway Hills Integrated School prepares to close polls with a few voters catching the 7 pm voting deadline.

Many of the Comelec poll watchers claim having a smooth process within the precincts, despite the overflow of voters during the start of the day. Only a minor issue involving a paper jam with the ACM was reported, delaying a voting queue within the concerned precinct.

Election officers are now slowly preparing for the counting of votes.

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I have reported sample ballots being given out right at the gate of Tapales Elementary School. See my live documentation on my Facebook profile.

Hello, good morning Rappler & Comelec friends and everyone. The numbers in the Halalan trackers suddenly restarted and shows a different number than what it originally was. And it doesn’t reflect an earlier number as well during one of the updates in the count. What’s the possible reasons for this po?

Hi @karl ong ! Comelec would be the best entity to explain but perhaps @Gemma Mendoza - Rappler , who was in charge of Rappler's election results page and was there with other media groups using the media transparency server can shed some light on this.

Hi @karl ong Very sorry that I wasn't able to respond to this immediately. I think that you are looking at another newsroom's website. But for context, there was a point when the results that the newsrooms were automatically tabulating included duplicate precincts. Those were eventually removed and as a consequence, votes for a number of candidates fluctuated / went down. https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/discrepancy-results-comelec-transmission-2025/

Hello. I am a concerned citizen of Brgy. 109-A, Tacloban City, Leyte and I am writing to report a TikTok video I recently came across that appears to show a photo of the official ballot for the 2025 National and Local Elections. The video was posted five days ago by the user @yhamz1223 on TikTok. For your reference, here is the link to that video: https://www.tiktok.com/@yhamz1223/photo/7503463197299510544. Additionally, to ensure availability in case the content is removed or made private, I have provided a downloadable copy here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hI-uIXGqhGb2BGO-o7m8YjHMfwKkI2C-?usp=sharing.

This may be a case of a potential breach of ballot secrecy which raises serious concerns regarding the secrecy and sanctity of the ballot. I believe this incident warrants verification and possible investigation by your office.

This concern aligns with Section 1 of Republic Act No. 9369, which amends RA 8436 and states:
“It is the policy of the State to ensure free, orderly, honest, peaceful, credible and informed elections, plebiscites, referenda, recall and other similar electoral exercises by improving on the election process and adopting systems, which shall involve the use of an automated election system that will ensure the secrecy and sanctity of the ballot and all election, consolidation and transmission documents in order that the process shall be transparent and credible and that the results shall be fast, accurate and reflective of the genuine will of the people. The State recognizes the mandate and authority of the Commission to prescribe adoption and use of the most suitable technology of demonstrated capability taking into account the situation prevailing in the area and the funds available for the purpose.”