Outcome of Maguindanao split plebiscite expected Sunday

COTABATO CITY, Maguindanao, Philippines --- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) expects to tally the plebiscite votes to split Maguindanao into two provinces to be done by the end of Saturday. Comelec could then declare the outcome on Sunday, according to lawyer Ray Sumalipao, Comelec regional director for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Regional in Muslim Mindanao. The manual count started as soon as the polling center closed at 3 p.m. on Saturday. Sumalipao estimated that up to 70 percent of Maguindanao's over 800,000 voters showed up at the polling precincts. "Generally peaceful, no single election-related violence was reported, as per Army and police officials' statement,...

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