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The Philippine Commission on Elections excludes blockchain technology from the 2028 election budget
Deep Tide TechFlow News: On June 03, BitPinas reported that George Garcia, Chairman of the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC), announced that, at the recommendation of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), the blockchain technology components and the voter verification system have been removed from the 2028 election budget. The budget has been cut by approximately 6 billion pesos from the originally planned 25 billion pesos. Garcia said the above functions were deemed non-essential options, and the reasons for their removal include budget optimization and data privacy risks.
Blockchain technology has previously been discussed on multiple occasions for integration into the Philippine Automated Election System (AES), to prevent ballot fraud and improve data transparency, but this time it has been officially excluded. COMELEC said that preparations for the 2028 elections are still progressing as planned, and the procurement process for new automated vote-counting machines is expected to begin between August and September 2026, with the contract award targeted for early 2027.