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00:00Today, the printing of more than 70 million balotas for the election 2025 will start.
00:06We have the first news, Darlene Cai.
00:12This is what the balotas will look like in the election 2025.
00:17The font style of the names of the candidates is bold so that it's easier to see.
00:21The colors are also more harmonious compared to the ones used in the election 2022.
00:26There are also security marks.
00:28The Commission on Elections has selected one of the 1,667 ballot-phase templates
00:34that will be the basis for printing the balotas.
00:37After the Law Department, within the day,
00:39they will finish everything and return it to our ITD group.
00:45So, what is the next step that they will do?
00:48They will implement everything, encode everything.
00:51After that, they will serialize it.
00:54That is the serial number.
00:56There is a distinct and specific serial number for each balota.
01:00All of that can be seen on the official website of the Comilec
01:03so that all the candidates and voters can check it.
01:05You can also see on the ballot-phase template
01:08that the names of the disqualified or declared nuisance candidates are removed
01:12as long as the decision of the Comilec is final and executory.
01:16But, how will the candidates who will come out of the decision in their case?
01:20We will prioritize the overseas and local absentee voting.
01:24The Law Department has sufficient time to implement it.
01:27How will they do it if they get a TRO?
01:29They will stay in the balota.
01:32How will we do it if there is a case where the MR is pending
01:35and the Comilec has not yet decided?
01:37And bang, they will still stay in the balota.
01:39From the Comilec Minion Warehouse,
01:41they will bring to the National Printing Office
01:43the hard drives that contain the serialized ballot-phase templates.
01:47The target of the Comilec is to print 1 million balotas every day.
01:52The Comilec assures that the exact number of balotas will be printed
01:55based on the exact number of voters.
01:58They are also preparing the 4,000 automated counting machines or ACM
02:02that will be brought to different places in the Philippines
02:04for the training of all poll workers.
02:07It will not be completed in training
02:09because each member of the electoral board needs to be DOSD certified.
02:13They are being tested and examined.
02:15Then and only then, if they pass,
02:17they will be allowed to serve.
02:20This is the first news.
02:21Darlene Kai for GMA Integrated News.