Various progressive groups lighted candles at Liwasang Bonifacio as form of their vigil and protest on the irregularities during May 9 elections. They have also placards and tarpauline rejecting Marcos-Duterte rule.

Election watchdog Kontra Daya has received more than 4,000 reports from citizens all over the Philippines, where 1,370 have already been verified as of May 11. Among these reports are 577 cases of machine failures including rejection of ballots and failure in issuing receipts that resulted in voting delays.

And even after the voting closed by 7 p.m.of May 9, 2022, voters can still be seen lining up until midnight waiting for the replacement of defective VCMs and SD Cards. In a polling precinct in Teacher’s Village, Quezon City, the machine only arrived in the morning after the election day. Because of this, calls for the extension of voting hours have arisen, however, the Commissions on Elections remain heedless, claiming that the irregularities were only minor.