00:00 The company showed its online voting system that they will use in the election of 2025.
00:06 They will use that system to vote even if they don't go to the Embassy or the Consulate of the Philippines.
00:11 Here is the first news, Mackie Polito.
00:13 Day of Manila or not, even if they are still on the ship.
00:21 In the 2025 elections, the voters of our country, OFW, are expected to use their phone, tablet or personal computer.
00:29 In the post-qualification activity, SMS Global Technology and Sequent Tech Inc. demoed their online voting system.
00:37 It's simple and new to the system, but Comelec said that its online security is tight.
00:43 It's a web page system. You can enroll in one gadget and you can vote and validate in other gadgets.
00:50 In enrollment, aside from basic information and ID, there is live selfie.
00:54 It's a gift to artificial intelligence.
00:56 The system now is matching if he's alive and checking that his face and ID match his face.
01:03 But how can it be guaranteed that registered overseas voters will vote online?
01:08 Even if the KYC is accessible on the web page, it's not automatically granted.
01:15 Because we will link it to the existing database of overseas voters, we have identified them.
01:21 In the vote, the voter can print his ballot and most importantly, the system can audit any election result.
01:29 The system can be verified end to end that each ballot was cast, recorded and counted correctly and nobody tampered with it.
01:37 If he doesn't pass the post-qualification activity, he's expected to start enrolling online voting this December.
01:45 Online voting will start from April 11 to May 12 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
01:50 If it's difficult to enroll online, there are standbys in embassies to help.
01:55 If there's no gadget, online voting can be done in the embassy.
01:59 In the 2022 elections, only 30 percent of the 1.6 million registered overseas voters voted.
02:07 Because of online voting, the COMELEC is expecting 80 percent voter turnout in overseas voting.
02:13 This is the first news. Mackie Pulido for GMA Integrated News.
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