Fact check: No, your shaded vote won't seep through and get counted for a rival candidateMANILA, Philippines — Facebook posts that have been shared tens of thousands of times claim that the final testing of vote counting machines in the Philippines has revealed that ink shaded next to one candidate's name will seep through the election ballot paper and be counted as a vote for a rival candidate. The claim is false: the election commission has not yet tested and sealed the vote counting machines, and the names of the two candidates are on same side of the ballot. “VCM” is an acronym for vote counting machine. Vote counting machines will be tested and sealed between May 6 and May 10, 2019, the document says on page 22. Wala pang final testing & sealing na nagaganap!

Source: Philippine Star March 16, 2019 09:55 UTC