THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has started reconfiguration of the 97,500 vote counting machines (VCMs) that would be used in the May 2016 elections to enable them to issue voting receipts as ordered by the Supreme Court (SC).

Chairman Juan Andres Bautista on Friday said they have allocated some P200 million to cover the additional expenses for the printing of voter receipts.

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