Comelec: Preliminary post-election audit exhibits ‘100-percent match’

Comelec spokesperson Atty. John Rex Laudiangco. Noy Morcoso/INQUIRER.internet file picture

The variety of the voter verified paper audit trails (VVPATs), popularly often called voter receipts, whose quick-response (QR) codes had been scanned by the Nationwide Citizen’s Motion for Free Elections (Namfrel) employees and volunteers, have to date matched the variety of legitimate ballots fed to the automated counting machines (ACMs) throughout the Could 12 polls.

Fee on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco, citing preliminary outcomes launched on Thursday, mentioned 94.55 p.c of voter receipts’ QR codes scanned by Namfrel personnel in 52 of 55 chosen clustered precincts recorded a “100-percent match” between the variety of receipts and ballots.

The Comelec official, in his assertion, hinted the probability the outcomes from the scanned VVPATs would match the collated outcomes from the paper and digital election returns (ERs) from the precincts.

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Duly scanned

“Which means all voter receipts within the 52 clustered precincts have been duly scanned with a 100-percent accuracy fee between the votes within the voter receipts as to that of the outcomes mirrored within the election returns,” Laudiangco mentioned.

Namfrel, in its assertion on Could 16, mentioned it was in nonetheless the method of tallying and auditing the election outcomes from the scanned voter receipts.

The Namfrel personnel, utilizing a downloadable app, had been allowed by Comelec to scan the QR codes of the VVPATs in 55 chosen clustered precincts all through the nation.

Laudiangco mentioned the outcomes from the remaining three precincts weren’t accomplished on account of some lacking voter receipts, which the electoral boards couldn’t account for. The VVPATs could have both been misplaced or the voters didn’t deposit their VVPATs within the voter-receipt receptacle as required.

The QR code within the VVPats contained the votes forged by the voter, in encrypted kind. The outcomes from all of the legitimate ballots are collated by the ACMs and an ER in paper and digital kinds had been generated after voting hours.

One copy of the ER in paper was posted outdoors every precinct. Namfrel volunteers additionally scanned the QR codes on the paper ERs. The decrypted outcomes from the scanned QR codes on the paper ERs and the VVPATs might be in contrast later to the counterpart digital outcome acquired by the server assigned to Namfrel and in addition to the ultimate, official outcomes.

“The Comelec lauds the collaborative efforts exerted by Namfrel volunteers, election boards, and its officers in guaranteeing the completion and success of this endeavor,” Laudiangco mentioned.