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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — Dozens of vote counting machines (VCMs) malfunctioned during the heat of Election Day (May 9) in different parts of the country.

In some precincts in Quezon City’s Corazon Aquino Elementary and High School, voters had to wait for six hours before being able to vote because the VCMs didn’t work.

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VCMs in four precincts broke down, resulting in long lines of irritated voters, who grew hungry in the hours-long wait.

Smartmatic personnel went back and forth to the precincts to replace the malfunctioning machines.

In Manila, machines also bogged down in Almario Elementary School and Ramon Magsaysay High School.

Voters complained until finally election supervisors decided to resort to manual voting.

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Poll machines in the provinces were also not spared from glitches. VCMs in some precincts in Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Misamis Occidental, Palo in Leyte, Dumaguete in Negros Oriental, Bohol, Quezon, Aurora, Romblon, Zambales, Cantanduanes, Cavite, and Bataan encountered problems, mainly paper jams in the printing of voter’s receipts.

Some voters got dismayed and just went home. However, most of them stayed on, saying this was their biggest chance to bring about change in the country.

The automated voting presented more challenges as the day wore on.

By Monday (May 9) evening, weak internet connection hampered the transmission of votes to designated servers.

Members of Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) had to carry the VCMs up several flights of stairs to get better internet signal above the ground.

Election officers said they could only do so much when technical glitches strike. But what they promised was that voting results will not be compromised.

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