00:00The Commission on Elections has already issued the official ballot to be used in the May 2025 midterm elections.
00:07The printing of the ballot will start tomorrow.
00:11This is the story of Gab Villegas.
00:16The Commission on Elections has built a walkroad in its warehouse in Binan, Laguna
00:21for the generation of the ballot phase or the appearance of the ballot for the 2025 elections.
00:26Here, the Memory Configuration Room and Election Management System Server Room were installed
00:31where the servers are isolated and have no internet access so that the system will not be hacked.
00:36The hash code for the 2025 elections can also be found on their EMS
00:40which can also be found on the COMELEG website.
00:42It is not easy to enter the so-called seal because only a few people are authorized.
00:47The Commission has also issued the ballot phase or the appearance of the ballot
00:51for overseas voting and local absentee in the 2025 elections.
00:55Here, the names of the 66 candidates for being Senators, 155 party-list groups,
01:03and the COMELEG Law Department will continue to examine the ballot phases for local positions.
01:09They also check the database from the Ombudsman.
01:12All decisions are being implemented.
01:15Candidates who are facing cases in COMELEG and have already been decided by the Commission
01:19still have time to vote to include their names in the ballot.
01:23The Law Department still has time if the Clerk can issue a Certificate of Finality
01:29and that's the red one, Certificate of Finality, Entry of Judgment, and Writ of Execution.
01:35Those are always three.
01:36When that is issued, that's the time that the Law Department can remove it.
01:41So what we see here, since we will be prioritizing overseas and local absentee voting,
01:47the Law Department has sufficient time to implement it.
01:50How will it be done if the PRO can get a stake in the ballot?
01:55The paper used to print the ballots is thin because the paper is 90-100 gsm thick.
02:02There is also a change in the color scheme of the ballot
02:05where the color used by the Commission is cool to the eye
02:08and all visible security marks are also visible.
02:11The District Mark also placed the National Printing Office in the ballot.
02:15In response to the joint venture of Mirosystems,
02:17which is the election provider for the 2025 elections,
02:20the purchase of paper and printing of ballots.
02:23The Commission will use up to 1,667 ballot-face templates
02:28for ballots in every town, city, and district in the country.
02:32At the time that the candidates have completed the list,
02:35the hard drive containing the ballot-face templates
02:39and the National Printing Office in Quezon City will be used to print the ballots.
02:44The target of COMELEC is to finish printing on April 14.
02:48Gabo Milde Villegas for Pambatsan TV in Bagong Pilipinas.
