PH Consulate General in Los Angeles Conducts Final Testing, Sealing of Vote Counting Machines

Vice Consul Rainier Casis feeds a sample ballot into the voting counting machine. (Los Angeles PCG photo)

LOS ANGELES 26 April 2019 — To assure the public of the integrity of the 2019 Senatorial and Party List Elections, the Special Board of Election Inspectors (SBEIs) of the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles conducted its Final Testing and Sealing (FTS) of the Vote Counting Machines (VCMs) at the Consulate General’s Sentro Rizal Hall on 10 April 2019.

All the VCMs assigned to the Consulate General were found to be in good condition during the diagnostic testing. The machines also accurately read the votes of the 10 sample ballots when SBEIs manually counterchecked the generated Election Returns (ERs) and Statistical Reports.

After the testing, SBEIs re-zeroed all the SD cards ensuring that no votes are stored in them.

The conduct of the FTS is a standard procedure to be done by all deputized SBEIs at their respective polling centers in compliance with Section 38 of COMELEC Resolution 10490.

VCMs at the Consulate General’s polling center will be open for the feeding of ballots every Monday and Thursday starting 15 April 2019 until 15 May 2019. END

From left: Vice Consul Dyan Kristine Pastrana, Dolor Sales, and Aurora Bahjin re-zero the vote counting machines. (Los Angeles PCG photo)

For more information, visit www.philippineconsulatela.org or https://www.facebook.com/PHLinLA/.