Voting halted in Iloilo town due to wrong ballots

The Commission on Elections has suspended the voting in one clustered precinct in Guimbal town in the first congressional district of Iloilo.

Iloilo provincial election supervisor Elizabeth Doronila Monday said the commission decided to suspend the elections after it was discovered that the ballots delivered in Barangay Generosa for precincts 13-A, 13-B, 14-A and 14-B were ballots intended for precincts 17-A, 18-A and 18-B in Barangay Buenos Aires, Pagsanghan town, Samar.

Doronila said the Comelec central office issued the directive because it was impossible to deliver or switch ballots.

Guimbal Election Officer Rene Ariola said only one out of the 39 clustered precincts has encountered a problem. He said he was waiting for further instructions from the Comelec head office.