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Piñol voting delayed as VCM rejects ballot with “ballpen marking”; electoral board gives Piñol replacement

(Eagle News)—Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol’s voting in Kidapawan was delayed on Monday, May 13, after the vote-counting machine refused to accept his ballot. In a Facebook post, Piñol said after an hour of waiting following the rejection, he asked the 3-member electoral board in his polling precinct in Paco to examine what went wrong. He said after a “thorough inspection,” the chairperson noticed that there was a “ballpen marking on the edge of the ballot.” […]