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Random manual vote audit to cover 762 precincts
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has officially launched its Random Manual Audit Committee (RMAC) in Pasay City, signaling the start of preparations for the upcoming 2025 National and Local Elections.
This initiative, mandated by Republic Act 9369, aims to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the electoral process by manually verifying election results.
The Random Manual Audit for the 2025 NLE will encompass approximately 762 clustered precincts utilizing Automated Counting Machines (ACMs) and one online voting post for the Online Voting and Counting System (OVCS).
The audit process is scheduled to run for 45 days, commencing on May 13, with daily sessions from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Comelec Chairman George Garcia emphasized that the RMA involves a meticulous review of all contents within ballot boxes and associated materials to cross-reference manually counted ballots with machine-generated election returns.
Garcia highlighted the consistent high accuracy rate of the RMA, stating it has been at 99.9% since 2010.
The selection of polling precincts for the RMA will be conducted through an electronic raffle to ensure impartiality.
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