00:00A week has passed since the election of the candidates for the election of 2025.
00:07The venue for the filing of the national candidates has been inspected while the machines are being assembled to print the balotas that almost didn't make it.
00:20Oscar Oida is live on TUTOK.
00:23Oscar?
00:26Yes, Mel, don't listen to him.
00:28Earlier, the media members were told to print the two printing machines that will be used to print the balotas for the upcoming election.
00:40We have just finished assembling the machines that will be used to print the balotas for the election of 2025 in the National Printing Office.
00:49The machines were made in America and cost P300 million each.
00:54This machine is the first in Asia, I think the first two units in Asia.
00:59When it's finished, it's a balot.
01:01No one will hold a balot.
01:02So from roll to balot, that's the output.
01:07It's straight to verification.
01:10Half a million balotas can be printed by each machine every 24 hours.
01:16And because there's almost no human intervention, it's almost fail-proof.
01:22If there's a defect in the printing, you can just remove it and replace it with a new one.
01:28It's like a desktop printer, you can run again.
01:30You don't need an engineer.
01:32Next month, the test printing will be done by Target.
01:35December to March, the actual printing will be done by 73 million balotas.
01:41The machines can also be used to print other materials.
01:45Especially in our voters' education, we can use the ballots we give to our fellow countrymen.
01:54Komelec also inspected the space in Manila Hotel where the national candidates will vote from October 1.
02:04After winning the bidding, six hotels were booked.
02:08Only three can be included as senatorial aspirants, while four will be allowed in each party list.
02:16It won't be strict on the attire and possible gimmick of the aspirants,
02:20but they hope that the election process will be a part of it.
02:26We have to respect that this is an opportunity for us to introduce our agenda.
02:32Yesterday, Komelec also visited the two data centers that will be used in the election.
02:39The security is tight and it's designed to avoid the impact of earthquakes, floods and typhoons.
02:45That's why the data will be backed up and taken care of.
02:49They also checked the cooling system and power supply so that the Komelec server won't be damaged.
02:56Meanwhile, Komelec is reminding the public that until September 30,
03:04the voters' registration will not be extended.
03:08Thank you very much, Oscar Oida.
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