Comelec starts election servers, Rappler in reception mode

The Commission on Elections' information technology department initiated election servers at 3 pm on Monday, May 12, to prepare for receiving results from polling centers across the country.

Three data centers in different locations will process results for all electoral contests under the Automated Election System for the 2025 national and local elections.

Rappler, an accredited media group, has shifted its election site to results reception mode and is displaying zero votes as of 5 pm.

The Comelec has increased the number of servers that will receive results directly from voting machines, with dedicated servers for two civil society groups, the dominant majority party, and the dominant minority party.

Rappler's election site (ph.rappler.com) will publish partial and unofficial results as soon as they start receiving data from counting machines.

The Department of Information and Communications Technology hosts a server that mirrors data from the central Comelec server.