The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is running out of time in its preparations for next year’s election but the poll body has yet to make a final decision on how to carry out the electoral exercise.

The poll body will have to decide whether to push through with the refurbishment of 81,000 precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines or to lease 71,000 new OMR units.

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