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GMA Network
07-07-2025
- Politics
- GMA Network
PPCRV logs 99.909% match rate in Eleksyon 2025 polls
A volunteer from the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) carefully scrutinizes an electronic receipt to compare a vote transmitted by the Commission on Elections on May 13, 2025, at the PPCRV Monitoring Center. DANNY PATA The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) said it recorded a 99.909% match between physical and transmitted election returns (ERs) for the 2025 Philippine elections. In a press briefing on Monday, PPCRV spokesperson Ana Singson noted that this is the highest match rate since 2010. PPCRV also logged three precincts that have discrepancies between physical and transmitted ERs, which yielded a 0.091% mismatch rate. 'These findings, along with the audit logs, will be sent to COMELEC for clarification and further explanation,' PPCRV's 2025 National and Local Elections Report read. 'I would like to note that this is notably low. It is our lowest, and as such, we got our highest match rate of 99.909% here in 2025,' Singson told reporters. This year, PPCRV scanned 61,482 physical ERs for its audit, which comprised votes from over 38.3 million voters, or 54.90% of the country's voting population. — BM, GMA Integrated News For more Eleksyon 2025 related content and updates, visit GMA News Online's Eleksyon 2025 microsite.
GMA Network
07-07-2025
- Politics
- GMA Network
PPCRV suggests stamping pens to avoid ballot smudges in next polls
The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) on Monday proposed using stamping pens when casting votes to avoid smudges on ballots in the next Philippine elections. PPCRV spokesperson Ana Singson floated the idea during a press briefing, as the church-based watchdog logged 271 ballot-related incidents during the last May polls. Of these incidents, 114 are rejected ballots due to ink smudges and wet ink stains from the marker, causing dirty scanners and multiple machine stoppages. 'Perhaps we should review the quality control, what qualities were used, and what tests were used,' Singson said. 'Instead of using a marker, use a stamping pen. That stamp would be the exact same size as the oval, fully customized, so wala nang problema about the threshold,' she suggested. PPCRV earlier recommended bringing back the 25% shading threshold in the next polls, as it received reports of mismatches between the actual votes and the receipts from the automated counting machines (ACM). Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairperson George Garcia said the agency is looking into the smudging issue, along with other election-related concerns. He noted that the markers used for this year's election are water-based, unlike in the previous years, where they were oil-based. 'Ang problema pag oil-based (marker) dapat makapal ang papel. Pag water-based naman, hindi siya nagba-blot sa likod pero hindi agad madali matuyo,' Garcia said in an ambush interview. (The problem is that oil-based markers should be used on a thicker paper. If the marker is water-based, it cannot blot, but it's longer to dry.) He added Comelec is also looking into using 160-grams-per-square-meter-thick ballot papers once again for the next election, noting that 90 gsm paper was used in this year's polls. To garner more prospective suppliers for the 2028 elections, Garcia announced the Comelec will conduct a vendors fair in February 2026. —RF, GMA Integrated News
