The Comelec wants to retire thousands of old vote-counting machines for the 2025 polls and reform the current election system, but to make that happen, it needs big funding from Congress.
In terms of preparations for the midterm polls, the Comelec specifically requested P28.3 billion, but the executive branch only proposed P22.9 billion to the House.for the 2025 automated elections, which it called FASTrAC, or Fully Automated System with Transparency, Audit, and Count., the commission seeks to retire 97,000 vote-counting machines that the Philippines has relied on since 2016, since they are already prone to glitches despite refurbishment.
But the poll body also wants these machines to have direct recording electronic capabilities, where voters use a touch screen or touch pad. This option would greatly benefit Persons With Disabilities and illiterate voters. “We would have to [reduce] support staff in every precinct or increase the allocation of voters per precinct, so that we would rent fewer machines,” he said on Thursday, August 3.
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