Audit shows nearly 100% accuracy of VCMs
Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 08:02:48 +0000
MANILA, Philippines—The committee that conducted a random manual audit of results of the last elections reported a nearly 100 percent accuracy rate of vote counting machines (VCMs) used in the May voting.
An initial report released on Thursday said the accuracy rate (99.9953 percent) was the highest that the committee recorded since the country shifted to automated elections starting in 2010.
The audit was conducted in 711 precincts nationwide and finished in 22 days.
The audit results came days after President Duterte’s rant against the VCM supplier, Smartmatic, which prompted calls for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to junk the Venezuelan company as Philippine election service provider. (Editor: Tony Bergonia)
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