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87% of clustered precincts conducted FTS - Comelec

Published May 6, 2022 02:36 pm

A total of 92,566 clustered precincts have conducted the final testing and sealing of Vote Counting Machines (VCMs), the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Friday, May 6.

Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct the final testing and sealing of vote counting machines (VCMs) at the San Juan Elementary School as witnessed by Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan in San Juan City on May 3 2022, less than a week before the 2022 national and local elections. (Noel B. Pabalate)

In the data provided by Commissioner George Erwin Garcia, a total of 65,857 clustered precincts or 62 percent have completed the FTS out of the total 106,000 plus number of clustered precincts.

In a press briefing on Thursday, Commissioner Marlon Casquejo said that in terms of the VCMs that need to be replaced, he said that the figures are lower compared to 2019. He added that in 2019 on the first day of the FTS, there were already 500 VCMs that needed replacement.

As of May 6, second to the last day of conducting the FTS, the poll body found only 512 or less than one percent VCMs that need to be replaced. According to the data, 116 of these were already replaced.

For the SD cards, only 91 needed to be replaced and was already resolved.

"I can assure the public na hindi po tayo magkakaroon ng problema sa ating (we will not have problems with) VCMs. Although we only have 1,100 contingency machines but with the rate na nangyayari dito is (that we recorded which is) only 355 or .6 percent, kakayanin nung ating contingency machines (the contingency machines can handle this)," he said.

He added that there are eight VCM repair hubs, which will address all the issues pertaining to the defective VCMs. There are three in Luzon which is in Sta. Rosa, Region 1 and the National Capital Region (NCR); two in Visayas located in Cebu and Tacloban; and three in Mindanao In Davao City, Cagayan de Oro and Zamboanga.

The last day of the FTS will be on May 7.

"Ibig sabihin po, susubukan, pagaganahin at kinakailangan makita ng publiko, mga representante ng political parties, mga citizen's arm, makita po nila na ang mga VCM ay magpriprint ng zero, isa lang po ibig sabihin niyan, wala pong laman ang mga machine (It means the machines will be tested for the public as well as representatives of political parties, citizen's arms, to see that the VCMs will print zero which means the machines they are empty)," he said.

The Electoral Boards (EBs), according to Garcia, will also make use of 10 original ballots which will be used to test if the machine will accept and count it properly.

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