In 2025, the Comelec is expecting 71 million voters and would require an estimated 127,000 machines to be used in the 127,000 polling precincts.

Comelec officials led by Chair George Erwin Garcia, received the second batch of 8,640 newly manufactured automatic counting machines (ACM).

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has begun the hardware acceptance test for the automated counting machines (ACMs) at the Comelec’s warehouse in Biñan, Laguna.

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will conduct a three-month demonstration of the new automated counting machines (ACMs) to be used in the May 2025 midterm elections.

The vote counting machines (VCMs) supplied by Smartmatic are now being tested by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) at a heavily-guarded storage facility in Laguna province, south of Manila. So ...

CEBU CITY — To ensure a smooth electoral process in the May 2025 midterm elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) introduced and demonstrated the automated counting machine (ACM) at Cebu ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) auctioned off “unserviceable” precinct count optical scanner (PCOS) machines and other election equipment, the poll body announced in a ...

Pending redistribution of 7 Sulu parliamentary seats MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has deferred ...

Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said they are shipping around 3,700 ACMs to three Comelec hubs in Mindanao, including hubs in Iligan City, Kidapawan City and Zamboanga City.

Philippine Information Agency (PIA)CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro (PIA) — Jail personnel and persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were also among those who tried the Automated Counting Machines (ACM) of ...

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) will reevaluate the almost 100,000 vote counting machines (VCMs) used in the last three elections to determine if these could be used in future polls. Acting ...