MANILA, Philippines — The ongoing random manual audit (RMA) for the May 13 midterm election might last for 24 days or until the second week of June. This timeframe is double the target of 12 days previously set, according to Ona Caritos, executive director of poll watchdog Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente). So far, the 60 RMATs have completed audit of around 100 ballot boxes since starting the task last May 15, Caritos also said. The deployment of teachers, all randomly selected, for the RMA would be by batches to “prevent familiarity of the ballot boxes they are auditing,” she added. The Commission on Elections has partnered with Lente and the Philippine Statistics Authority for the RMA.

Source: Philippine Star May 20, 2019 16:00 UTC