Manila, May 12 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has never issued a running total of votes, an official said Monday.

"For any partial tally, the data may have been sourced from Comelec, but the tally didn't come from us. Partial tallies come from other entities," Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said in a message.

"The Comelec has never released an unofficial tally or aggregate or running total, whether manual or automated, outside of canvassing. The law only allows Comelec to aggregate or sum after canvass."

He noted that the poll body only releases the following: the unofficial results per precinct as part of transparency and official canvassed results, whether full or partial.

"This is in compliance with law," Laudi...