CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro (PIA) — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) MIMAROPA recently conducted a demonstration on the use of the new automated counting machines (ACM) in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan as part of the voters’ education campaign for the May 2025 national and local elections.
Regional Election Director Gloria Ramos-Petallo said during the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Mimaropa on November 5 that the demonstration aims to raise public awareness of the new machines.
“Nag conduct na tayo ng demonstration para doon sa bagong makina [automated counting machines or ACM] sa Puerto Princesa City. Pero ‘yung end-to-end testing ay wala pa po yan,” she said.
Petallo added that they will also conduct the ACM demonstration in every barangay in the region before the elections.
“Although our office is coordinating with the field offices already for their proposed schedule, our target is from the first week of December until the last week of January,” she said.
She added “Ang gagawin po natin sa mga susunod na araw, mga buwan, ay ‘yung ating mga election officers nga po mag co-conduct sa bawat barangay ng ACM demo at kami po sa regional office ay may mga target audiences na rin po; mostly ‘yung sa vulnerable sectors.”
The ACMs are expected to be deployed across all voting precincts in the region as part of COMELEC’s efforts to modernize the country’s electoral system. (ALG/PIA-Oriental Mindoro)
