Comelec launches RMAC to audit 762 polling precincts

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) launched its Random Manual Audit Committee (RMAC) in Pasay City on Monday to oversee the upcoming 2025 National and Local Elections.

Commissioner-in-charge Aimee Ferolino will lead the audit team, which is mandated by Republic Act 9369 to ensure election integrity and transparency after every election.

Comelec chairman George Garcia announced that a total of 762 polling precincts will undergo RMA from May 13 to June 27, with one Philippine post abroad using the online voting system also included.

The audit aims to verify if poll results produced by voting machines match manually counted ballots, and since 2010, accuracy rates between manual and automated counts have been at 99.9 percent.

Poll watchdog groups such as NAMFREL, LENTE, PPRCV, and other election stakeholders attended the launch of the RMAC.