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Transcript
00:00126 days before the May 2025 elections,
00:12the printing of balotas will start today.
00:15Comelec said that there will be changes in the appearance and color of the balotas to be used this year.
00:20Find out more in the news of Darlene Cai.
00:24This will be the appearance of the balotas that will be used in the election of 2025.
00:32The font style of the names of the candidates is bold so that it is easier to see.
00:36The colors are also more eye-catching compared to the ones used in the election of 2022.
00:41There are also security marks.
00:43The Commission on Elections has inspected one of the 1,667 balot-face templates
00:49that will be the basis on which the balotas will be printed.
00:52After the law department, within the day,
00:54they will finish all of it and they will return it to our ITD group.
01:00So, what is the next step that they will do?
01:04They will implement everything, encode everything.
01:06After that, they will serialize it.
01:09That is the serial number.
01:11There is a distinct and specific serial number for each balota.
01:15All of that can be seen on the official website of Comelec
01:18so that all the candidates and voters can check it.
01:21You can also see on the balot-face template
01:23that the names of the disqualified or declared nuisance candidates
01:28have been removed as long as the decision of Comelec is final and executory.
01:31But, how will the candidates who will come out of the decision in their case?
01:35We will prioritize overseas and local absentee voting.
01:39The law department has sufficient time to implement it.
01:42What will they do if they get a TRO?
01:44They will stay in the balota.
01:47What will we do if there is a case where the MR is pending?
01:50The decision of Comelec has not yet been made.
01:52And bang, they will still stay in the balota.
01:54From here in the Comelec Minion Warehouse,
01:56they will bring to the National Printing Office
01:58the hard drives that contain the serialized balot-face templates.
02:02Comelec's target is to print 1 million balotas every day.
02:07Comelec assures that the exact number of balotas will be printed
02:10based on the exact number of voters.
02:13They are also preparing the 4,000 automated counting machines or ACM
02:17that will be brought to different places in the Philippines
02:20for the training of all poll workers.
02:22It will not be completed in the training
02:24because each member of the electoral board needs to be DOSD certified.
02:29They are being tested and examined.
02:31And then and only then, when they pass,
02:33they will be allowed to serve.
02:35Darlene Cai, reporting for GMA Integrated News.
02:47Thanks for watching.

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