Comelec opens bidding for automated machines in 2025 pollsThis file photo shows a vote-counting machine used by the Commission on Elections. MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections has officially started the bidding process for the acquisition of new machines that will be used in the fully automated 2025 midterm polls. In June, a group of former government officials submitted a petition to disqualify Smartmatic from participating in future Comelec bidding processes. Their claim cited "substantial inconsistencies" in the electoral results recorded at the precinct level compared to those published on the Comelec Transparency Server in the 2022 elections. The PPCRV found a 99.84% accuracy rate reflected by its parallel count of the electronically transmitted election returns with the printed receipts of the vote-counting machines in the 2022 elections.

Source: Philippine Star October 31, 2023 14:46 UTC