12 April 2016 - The Philippine Consulate General in Agana successfully conducted the final testing and sealing (FTS) of its Vote Counting Machine (VCM) that will be used for the May 2016 national elections, on Friday afternoon, April 08.

As required under Comelec rules and regulations, the Consulate’s Special Board of Election Inspectors (SBEI) conducted diagnostics and testing of the VCM to test if it is working properly as well as re-zeroing and sealing it to be ready for use during the May 2016 election.

The FTS was attended by representatives from the Filipino Community of Guam and by the Consulate General’s officers and staff.

Post’s SBEI conducted the FTS starting at 2:30 in the afternoon and finished it by around 9:00 in the evening to prepare the machine for use at the opening of the election period the following day, April 09. END