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4 April 2025

Department of Education Secretary Juan Edgardo ''Sonny'' Angara speaks during the signing of the memorandum of agreement for the Random Manual Audit of the 2025 Philippine midterm elections at the Commission on Elections in Manila, Philippines, on April 4, 2025. The random manual audit is a provision in the Philippines' automated election law that double-checks a selected sample of ballots to ensure they match the scanned ballots fed into the Automated Counting Machine during the elections. The Philippines has three elections in 2025, with its midterm national and local elections on May 12, 2025, the parliamentary election in its Bangsamoro region on October 13, 2025, and the local barangay elections on December 1, 2025.

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4 April 2025

Department of Education Secretary Juan Edgardo ''Sonny'' Angara speaks during the signing of the memorandum of agreement for the Random Manual Audit of the 2025 Philippine midterm elections at the Commission on Elections in Manila, Philippines, on April 4, 2025. The random manual audit is a provision in the Philippines' automated election law that double-checks a selected sample of ballots to ensure they match the scanned ballots fed into the Automated Counting Machine during the elections. The Philippines has three elections in 2025, with its midterm national and local elections on May 12, 2025, the parliamentary election in its Bangsamoro region on October 13, 2025, and the local barangay elections on December 1, 2025.

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#12226607

4 April 2025

Philippine National Police chief PGen. Rommel Marbil, along with senior police officials, receives a cheque from Commission on Elections commissioner Aimee Ferolino during the signing of the memorandum of agreement for the Random Manual Audit of the 2025 Philippine midterm elections at the Commission on Elections in Manila, Philippines, on April 4, 2025. The random manual audit is a provision in the Philippines' automated election law that double-checks a selected sample of ballots to ensure they match the scanned ballots fed into the Automated Counting Machine during the elections. The Philippines has three elections in 2025, with its midterm national and local elections on May 12, 2025, the parliamentary election in its Bangsamoro region on October 13, 2025, and the local barangay elections on December 1, 2025.

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#12226604

4 April 2025

Philippine National Police chief PGen. Rommel Marbil and Commission on Elections chairperson George Erwin Garcia hold copies of signed documents during the signing of the memorandum of agreement for the Random Manual Audit of the 2025 Philippine midterm elections at the Commission on Elections in Manila, Philippines, on April 4, 2025. The random manual audit is a provision in the Philippines' automated election law that double-checks a selected sample of ballots to ensure they match the scanned ballots fed into the Automated Counting Machine during the elections. The Philippines has three elections in 2025, with its midterm national and local elections on May 12, 2025, the parliamentary election in its Bangsamoro region on October 13, 2025, and the local barangay elections on December 1, 2025.

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4 April 2025

Philippine National Police chief PGen. Rommel Marbil and Commission on Elections chairperson George Erwin Garcia hold copies of signed documents during the signing of the memorandum of agreement for the Random Manual Audit of the 2025 Philippine midterm elections at the Commission on Elections in Manila, Philippines, on April 4, 2025. The random manual audit is a provision in the Philippines' automated election law that double-checks a selected sample of ballots to ensure they match the scanned ballots fed into the Automated Counting Machine during the elections. The Philippines has three elections in 2025, with its midterm national and local elections on May 12, 2025, the parliamentary election in its Bangsamoro region on October 13, 2025, and the local barangay elections on December 1, 2025.

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#12226595

4 April 2025

Armed Forces of the Philippines vice chief of staff Lt. General Jimmy Larida speaks during the signing of the memorandum of agreement for the Random Manual Audit of the 2025 Philippine midterm elections at the Commission on Elections in Manila, Philippines, on April 4, 2025. The random manual audit is a provision in the Philippines' automated election law that double-checks a selected sample of ballots to ensure they match the scanned ballots fed into the Automated Counting Machine during the elections. The Philippines holds three elections in 2025, with its midterm national and local elections on May 12, 2025, the parliamentary election in its Bangsamoro region on October 13, 2025, and the local barangay elections on December 1, 2025.

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#12226596

4 April 2025

Armed Forces of the Philippines vice chief of staff Lt. General Jimmy Larida speaks during the signing of the memorandum of agreement for the Random Manual Audit of the 2025 Philippine midterm elections at the Commission on Elections in Manila, Philippines, on April 4, 2025. The random manual audit is a provision in the Philippines' automated election law that double-checks a selected sample of ballots to ensure they match the scanned ballots fed into the Automated Counting Machine during the elections. The Philippines holds three elections in 2025, with its midterm national and local elections on May 12, 2025, the parliamentary election in its Bangsamoro region on October 13, 2025, and the local barangay elections on December 1, 2025.

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#12226588

4 April 2025

Representatives from election observers and Commissioner Aimee Ferolino of the Commission on Elections attend the signing of the memorandum of agreement for the Random Manual Audit of the 2025 Philippine midterm elections at the Commission on Elections in Manila, Philippines, on April 4, 2025. The random manual audit is a provision in the Philippines' automated election law that double-checks a selected sample of ballots to ensure they match the scanned ballots fed into the Automated Counting Machine during the elections. The Philippines has three elections in 2025, with its midterm national and local elections on May 12, 2025, the parliamentary election in its Bangsamoro region on October 13, 2025, and the local barangay elections on December 1, 2025.

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#12226591

4 April 2025

Philippine Statistics Authority civil registrar general Claire Dennis Mapa holds signed documents during the signing of the memorandum of agreement for the Random Manual Audit of the 2025 Philippine midterm elections at the Commission on Elections in Manila, Philippines, on April 4, 2025. The random manual audit is a provision in the Philippines' automated election law that double-checks a selected sample of ballots to ensure they match the scanned ballots fed into the Automated Counting Machine during the elections. The Philippines has three elections in 2025, with its midterm national and local elections on May 12, 2025, the parliamentary election in its Bangsamoro region on October 13, 2025, and the local barangay elections on December 1, 2025.

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#12226593

4 April 2025

Commission on Elections commissioner Aimee Ferolino (foreground), alongside chairperson George Erwin Garcia (back, left) and Department of Education secretary Juan Edgardo ''Sonny'' Angara (back, right), sign documents during the signing of the memorandum of agreement for the Random Manual Audit of the 2025 Philippine midterm elections at the Commission on Elections in Manila, Philippines, on April 4, 2025. The random manual audit is a provision in the Philippines' automated election law that double-checks a selected sample of ballots to ensure they match the scanned ballots fed into the Automated Counting Machine during the elections. The Philippines has three elections in 2025, with its midterm national and local elections on May 12, 2025, the parliamentary election in its Bangsamoro region on October 13, 2025, and the local barangay elections on December 1, 2025.

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#12226612

4 April 2025

Commission on Elections chairperson George Erwin Gargia speaks during the signing of the memorandum of agreement for the Random Manual Audit of the 2025 Philippine midterm elections at the Commission on Elections in Manila, Philippines, on April 4, 2025. The random manual audit is a provision in the Philippines' automated election law that double-checks a selected sample of ballots to ensure they match the scanned ballots fed into the Automated Counting Machine during the elections. The Philippines has three elections in 2025, with its midterm national and local elections on May 12, 2025, the parliamentary election in its Bangsamoro region on October 13, 2025, and the local barangay elections on December 1, 2025.

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4 April 2025

Commission on Elections chairperson George Erwin Gargia speaks during the signing of the memorandum of agreement for the Random Manual Audit of the 2025 Philippine midterm elections at the Commission on Elections in Manila, Philippines, on April 4, 2025. The random manual audit is a provision in the Philippines' automated election law that double-checks a selected sample of ballots to ensure they match the scanned ballots fed into the Automated Counting Machine during the elections. The Philippines has three elections in 2025, with its midterm national and local elections on May 12, 2025, the parliamentary election in its Bangsamoro region on October 13, 2025, and the local barangay elections on December 1, 2025.

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#12226616

4 April 2025

Commission on Elections chairperson George Erwin Gargia speaks during the signing of the memorandum of agreement for the Random Manual Audit of the 2025 Philippine midterm elections at the Commission on Elections in Manila, Philippines, on April 4, 2025. The random manual audit is a provision in the Philippines' automated election law that double-checks a selected sample of ballots to ensure they match the scanned ballots fed into the Automated Counting Machine during the elections. The Philippines has three elections in 2025, with its midterm national and local elections on May 12, 2025, the parliamentary election in its Bangsamoro region on October 13, 2025, and the local barangay elections on December 1, 2025.

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4 April 2025

Commission on Elections chairperson George Erwin Gargia speaks during the signing of the memorandum of agreement for the Random Manual Audit of the 2025 Philippine midterm elections at the Commission on Elections in Manila, Philippines, on April 4, 2025. The random manual audit is a provision in the Philippines' automated election law that double-checks a selected sample of ballots to ensure they match the scanned ballots fed into the Automated Counting Machine during the elections. The Philippines has three elections in 2025, with its midterm national and local elections on May 12, 2025, the parliamentary election in its Bangsamoro region on October 13, 2025, and the local barangay elections on December 1, 2025.

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4 April 2025

Commission on Elections chairperson George Erwin Gargia speaks during the signing of the memorandum of agreement for the Random Manual Audit of the 2025 Philippine midterm elections at the Commission on Elections in Manila, Philippines, on April 4, 2025. The random manual audit is a provision in the Philippines' automated election law that double-checks a selected sample of ballots to ensure they match the scanned ballots fed into the Automated Counting Machine during the elections. The Philippines has three elections in 2025, with its midterm national and local elections on May 12, 2025, the parliamentary election in its Bangsamoro region on October 13, 2025, and the local barangay elections on December 1, 2025.

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#12049614

13 February 2025

A staff member of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) demonstrates to volunteers the process of verifying and feeding an election ballot into the Automated Counting Machine (ACM) during the start of the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) ballot verification process in Quezon City, Philippines, on February 13, 2025. The Philippines' midterm elections take place on May 12, 2025.

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