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88 ballot boxes manually audited so far—Comelec
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has audited 88 out of 757 ballot boxes for the random manual audit (RMA) of the 2022 Eleksyon.
As of May 17, 2022, 16 additional ballot boxes were being processed, and 737 out of 757 clustered precinct samples had been retrieved.
The manual counting of these samples will continue for 45 days to verify their accuracy against the election returns.
The RMA aims to assess the performance of vote counting machines (VCMs) and validate ballot accuracy.
The Comelec is collaborating with the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and various civil society organizations for the RMA process, including the creation and checking of the random selection software.
The manual audit is being broadcast live on the Comelec's Facebook page.
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