The Supreme Court in an en banc decision ordered the COMELEC to enable the receipt printing feature of PCOS machines this May 2016 elections.
The Court, voting unanimously (Brion, J., on leave) in the case of Bagumbayan-VNP v COMELEC, rendered the following judgment in this matter:
“WHEREFORE, the Petition for Mandamus is GRANTED. The Commission on Elections is ORDERED to enable the vote verification feature of the vote counting machines, which prints the voter’s choices without prejudice to the issuance of guidelines to regulate the release and disposal of the issued receipts to ensure a clean, honest, and orderly elections such as, but not limited to, ensuring that after voter verification, receipts should be deposited in a separate ballot box and not taken out of the precinct.
SO ORDERED.”
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