Commission on Elections Chairperson George Garcia (right) during the press conference at the Citadines Hotel in Pasay City on Friday (June 13, 2025). Garcia said the ongoing random manual audit of the May 12 midterm elections has so far shown a 99.997 percent accuracy rate between the machine count and the manual tally. (Photo by Ferdinand Patinio
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced Friday that the ongoing Random Manual Audit (RMA) of the May 12 elections has so far shown a near-perfect match between manual and automated vote counts.
Comelec Chairperson George Garcia said the accuracy rate between the results from the automated counting machines (ACMs) and the manual tallies currently stands at 99.997 percent.
“As of now, we are seeing a 99.997 percent accuracy rate based on the ballots that have undergone audit,” Garcia said during a press briefing at the Citadines Hotel in Pasay City. “We expect to release the full report next week.”
A total of 723 ballots had been reviewed under the RMA process at the time of the briefing. The Comelec expects to complete the audit of the remaining ballots within the day.
Garcia noted that the current audit shows an improvement from the 99.94 percent accuracy recorded during the 2022 national and local elections.
He added that no challenges or objections have been raised so far regarding the results of the RMA.
“Since 2010, there have been no questions raised about the RMA results,” Garcia said.
The RMA serves as a critical safeguard in the electoral process, manually verifying votes for senator, party-list, congressional representative, and mayoral positions. It helps confirm the reliability of automated vote counting in the elections.
Under Section 29 of the Automated Election System (AES) Act, the Comelec is mandated to conduct a random manual audit in at least one precinct per congressional district, chosen randomly in every province and city where automated elections are held.