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FACT-CHECK: No mismatch in ACM hash code, audit report – Comelec
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has officially debunked claims of a hash code mismatch in the automated counting machines (ACMs) for Eleksyon 2025 as "fake news."
Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia did not identify the candidate making the allegations.
However, lawyer Jeryll Harold Respicio, a vice mayoralty candidate in Reina Mercedes, Isabela, posted a video on social media alleging discrepancies.
Respicio claimed that the version of the hash code on the Comelec's audit reports differed from the version used in the ACMs, specifically mentioning a version 3.4 in reports versus a version 3.5 installed in the machines.
He further alleged that the hash code "0438" found in the machine was not present in the audit report's hash codes.
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