00:00The voters' education of the Commission on Elections continues for the new machine used in the Hatol ng Bayan 2025.
00:07Details in the report of Louisa Erispe.
00:13The Commission on Elections is now going around in different parts of the country
00:18to teach the new voting processes in the Hatol ng Bayan 2025.
00:23Aside from the fact that the technology of automated counting machines looks new and modern,
00:30the voters should be careful with the balotas.
00:36There is no problem with the shading of the balotas
00:39because even if it's broken, the machine will read it.
00:42But what they are avoiding is that the balotas are damaged, wet, or even too sad
00:49because it might not be accepted by the machines.
00:52But the timing marks on the sides are very sensitive.
00:55That's the reason why the machines will accept it.
01:00That's one of the things the machines are verifying.
01:02If it's torn, wet, or compromised, the machines will reject it.
01:12Comelec explains that even if the ACM doesn't accept the balota for the first time,
01:17it can still be tried up to four times.
01:20But if it's not read, it will be rejected and the balota will not be read.
01:26Comelec said this in the Voter Education Roadshow that is being held across the country today
01:32where the voters are being demonstrated the correct usage of the new automated counting machines.
01:38In the 1,800 municipalities and cities, we have a roadshow in each barangay of that town.
01:44At this time, today.
01:46In the 1,000 ACMs that Comelec sent to the provinces,
01:50one machine was having problems with the screens in Mindanao.
01:53But it was soon replaced.
01:56Meanwhile, today, Comelec's representative, former Caloocan 2nd District Representative Edgar Erice,
02:04submitted his application to disqualify him from the Comelec 2nd Division.
02:08Erice is running again as a congressman.
02:12He called on the entire Comelec and Bank
02:14to inhibit the Court of Appeals.
02:18The justices, they can appoint justices to determine whether I violated it.
02:24I think they are not qualified to judge me because they are very angry with me.
02:34Comelec's answer to him is simple, Chairman Garcia.
02:38He hopes that he will still trust the process of the law.
02:42We are happy that he is recognizing the jurisdiction of the Commission of Elections.
02:46The fact that he filed an M.R.
02:48means that he knows that the Comelec acquired jurisdiction.
02:52Luisa Erispe for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
