00:00The last batch of automated counting machines that will be used in the elections next year has arrived.
00:07It was immediately put under investigation to avoid misunderstandings.
00:12Sandra Aguinaldo was the one who pointed it out.
00:18In the past elections, the most common problem was that the ballots were rolled up
00:22without printed receipts and paper jams.
00:25In a presidential election in 2013, the Picos machine was forced to be printed
00:30to troubleshoot the machine.
00:33Here in 2022,
00:35Why are we here?
00:37The voters and the crew were angry because the ballot counting machine was printed within a few hours.
00:43The Aberiyang like that wanted to avoid the midterm elections in May by COMELEC
00:48and the new provider, Mirror Systems.
00:51That's why more than 1,000 units of automated counting machine, or ACM,
00:55arrived at the COMELEC warehouse in Santa Rosa, Laguna,
00:59under the so-called Hardware Acceptance Test.
01:03This is the last batch of the machine's delivery,
01:06so more than 100,000 ACM will be completed
01:09that will be used in the elections in 2025,
01:12which should have been completed by December.
01:15Aside from one investigation,
01:185% of each batch of delivery also falls under the stress test.
01:23This is the number of hours that the machine is continuously running
01:26when there is a trial and error.
01:29This is where they discovered a few small problems with the machine.
01:33The audio is not heard immediately.
01:36There is something that needs to be adjusted.
01:39The jamming of the paper,
01:40we traced the problem, not the scanner.
01:44If not the problem, the paper itself.
01:48Because of the need, the cutting of the paper itself is exact and correct.
01:52Next, COMELEC will focus on obtaining an international certification
01:57for the machine and software,
01:59and all the systems that will be used in the future.
02:01ProVNV Inc., an Alabama-based technology company,
02:06will investigate these to give COMELEC an international certification.
02:11The Department of Science and Technology will also conduct its own investigation.
02:15The international certification is mandatory,
02:19it is a requirement of the law.
02:20They will certify it if the hardware and software are properly prepared.
02:26But is it possible that the automated election system
02:28will not pass the international certification?
02:32If the MIROS systems fail?
02:34We go through a lot of intermediate checks
02:39during our manufacturing process.
02:43And after the manufacturing assembly,
02:45we also go through complete checks.
02:49We are very confident with the quality of the machines.
02:54We also have contingency
02:55regarding how, if the initial findings fail or there is a problem,
03:00what we need to do.
03:03For GMA Integrated News,
03:05Sandra Aguinaldo reporting for 24 Hours.
03:13For more information visit www.gma.gov
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