00:00 It's just a dry run but there are some voting counting machines or VCM.
00:04 When the Komelek will be tested, there are machines for each precinct.
00:08 But they want this to be fully automated.
00:11 Maki Polido is on the scene.
00:13 This is a practice for the barangay and SK elections on October 30.
00:20 Most of the voting counting machines are broken.
00:24 Only three barangays will have automated elections.
00:27 In Pasong Tamo, Quezon City, Paliparan 3 and Zone 2 in Dasmariñas, Cavite.
00:33 Of the 98,000 voting counting machines of Komelek,
00:35 only 1,000 are working.
00:39 That's why the voting and counting is manual in other places in the country.
00:43 We chose the best one so only 1,000 are left.
00:47 It's usable.
00:48 There are still VCM that went wrong in the mock elections.
00:52 On the day of the election, there was a mistake
00:55 because two VCM were assigned to each precinct.
00:58 Chairman Garcia said,
01:00 "I hope it will be fully automated to be the next barangay and SK elections in December 2025."
01:06 This is what some people who joined the mock elections
01:09 as well as the board of election inspectors want.
01:13 Before, you need to do it manually, tie it, and then you have to tie it.
01:21 If you just write it, it's just handwritten.
01:25 It's a long process.
01:27 In 2025, midterm elections will be held in May.
01:32 Since two elections will be held in a year, the budget is a problem.
01:36 The budget for Komelek is just enough for the midterm elections.
01:41 In September, Komelek will choose a company to rent a machine for automated elections.
01:47 They will ask for two elections to be packaged.
01:50 But it will be insufficient for other expenses such as logistics and teachers' allowance.
01:55 Komelek needs to procure this year so that we can start testing by next year.
02:02 178,000 vote counting machines are needed for the election in 2025 for the 71 million voters.
02:10 For GMA Integrated News, Macky Pulido, for Tutok 24 Horas.
02:17 (Continues in Tagalog)
