After much delay, the Commission on Elections has finally started printing the ballots to be used in the elections this May. Printing will be done 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Expected output is 800,000 ballots per day. The commission is confident there is enough time to produce all the ballots needed.

The Comelec earlier said adjustments were to be made on the ballot design particularly its size, which needs to be just right to accommodate the names of all candidates. I heard the ballots for the Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao will be slightly longer because it will also have Arabic translations of the candidates' names.

In the meantime, voters will have no real idea how the ballots would look like. I think it would help if the Comelec would publish photos of the ballots in their actual sizes so voters can start getting familiar with it.

For now, it would be good to thoroughly study how the voting process will go come May. The following TV ad should help.