Comelec bares poll supplies' dispatch timeline for 2022 polls
By Jel Santos
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, March 14, disclosed its timeline for the dispatch of election supplies for the May 2022 polls.
The deployment of election supplies is being carried out by F2 Logistics, the poll body said.
From April 2 to 19, Comelec said it will deploy Vote Counting Machines (VCMs), Consolidation and Canvassing System (CCS) laptops, and Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) units.
Meanwhile, the official ballots will be dispatched starting April 20 until May 5.
First deployed among the poll supplies were the VCM external batteries. The poll body said its distribution began last Dec. 15, 2021 and will end dispatch on March 31, 2022.
The distribution of the ballot boxes will be finished on March 31 as the distribution has already commenced last Feb. 1.
According to Comelec, the dispatch of the Non-Accountable Forms and Supplies or NAFS have already started last Feb. 16 and will last until May 1.
In October 2021, Comelec struck a deal with F2 Logistics for the transport of election paraphernalia of the May 2022 polls.