Advocates of Filipino migrant workers’ welfare have asked the Supreme Court (SC) to stop the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from leasing 70,977 units of Optical Mark Readers (OMRs) for the 2016 elections.

Francisco Aguilar Jr. and Guillermo Santos on Monday filed a 41-page petition for prohibition on Monday, urging the High Court to nullify a deal between the Comelec and automated elections system provider Smartmatic-TIM under Resolution 9980.

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