Manila, Sept. 12 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Saturday it is all set to conduct the first-ever Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary Elections (BPE) on Sept. 14.

"We are 100 percent ready for the election on Monday," he said in an interview on the sidelines of the final testing and sealing of the automated counting machines (ACMs) at the Cotabato City Institute in Cotabato City.

Garcia reminded registered voters in the region to shade the ovals on the ballot instead of putting an X so the ACMs could read their ballots.

"To the voters, do not mark the oval with an X. The requirement is to shade the oval at least 25 percent (threshold). It is okay if the shading extends slightly beyond th...