Daily TribuneThe poll body conducted the dry run in 15 cities and municipalities, including areas in Mindanao, all of which started promptly at 7 a.m. and ended at 10 a.m.
(FILE PHOTO) Comelec Chairperson George Garcia
Photo courtesy of Comelec
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) held mock elections in select areas of the country to test the equipment and systems that will be employed in the national polls in May.
The poll body conducted the dry run in 15 cities and municipalities, including areas in Mindanao, all of which started promptly at 7 a.m. and ended a 10 a.m.
In an interview, Comelec chairperson George Garcia said the poll body tallied a 100-percent transmission rate from precincts to the municipal/city canvassing centers, the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting and National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections servers, the media servers, the majority and minority party servers, as well as the central and backup machines.
Garcia said the Comelec checked the performance of each machine — on their time and motion — as well as how fast voters could finish shading each ballot.
“We looked at the performance of the machines, the time and motion. We also looked at whether the hundred voters will finish quickly, the reactions on the ballots — were they smudged, were they read by the machines,” he said.
He said, “All this is part of the trusted build to check if the machines really work and at the same time to check if the system is already integrated, as well as to check the transmission results and also the overseas voting system.”
The poll body also conducted an online voting test in Singapore.
Over 68 million voters are expected to vote on 12 May for senators all the way down to the city and municipal councils.
