Atty. Vicente Dante P.

Adan
 Period for FTS of VCMs

Who : the EB
What : shall convene
When : on any scheduled day from 06
to 10 May 2019
Where : in the assigned polling place
(in another place, due to security
and/or other practical reasons)
Why : to test and seal the VCM
assigned to its clustered
precinct
 Notice
NOTICE
Date
Time Sent to
EB
Candidates
EO political parties
Place accredited citizens’ arm
of the FTS of the VCM other stakeholders

NOTICE
Date
bulletin boards of the
Time Posted OEO
Place
and the city or municipal
of the FTS of the VCM
hall,
and
in at least three (3)
conspicuous places in the
3 days before the scheduled FTS city or municipality
 FTS Procedures

follow procedures in
Perform Final Testing and Sealing
the VCM manual

Explain purpose of and procedures for

the FTS

ten
(10) accomplish the FTS
Randomly choose ballots
voters
 VCM procedures
Opening
VCM
Performing
Diagnostics  Testing
Shutting OFF
and Sealing

Check if Check if:

Check if:
Check if:
VCM BOX SEALED? SLOTS “A” & “B”
DIAGNOSTIC / REMAIN SEALED?
SLOTS “A” & “B” INITIALIZATION VCM RE-
FOR MAIN SD CARD
REPORT VVPAT REFLECTS ZEROED?
AND BACKUP ARE
SEALED? PRINTED? VOTES
CORRECTLY?
CONTENTS VCM WORKING ER PRINTED
VCM BOX
COMPLETE AS PER PROPERLY? SUCCESSFULLY?
CHECKLIST? RESEALED?

CONTENTS OF

TAKE NOTE!!!
TAKE PHOTO OF DISCREPANCY
ANY THE VCM BOX
SEALED SLOT A MALFUNCTION VVPAT VS BALLOT BEFORE
&B MANUAL ER VS VCM ER RESEALING
 2 Voters at a Time ENVELOPE

EB
 FOR COUNTED
BALLOTS

Chairperson Ballot FTS Ballot

Accomplish
FTS Ballot PEN Voter 1
Secrecy
Shade Folder
Ovals for Preferred
Candidates
Examine
ballot
determine VVPAT
VVPAT
VCM
whether
ovals are
fully shaded Ballot
FTS Ballot FTS BallotPEN
Accomplish Voter 2
security Secrecy Folder
features not Shade Ovals for Preferred
damaged Candidates
Until 10 FTS
ballots are fed
to the VCM
 FTS


NO YES PRINT
Repeat 10 CLOSE RE-ZERO
Ballots RESULTS
Process VOTING VCM
Fed? (ER)

COMPARE
WITH
MANUAL ER
 Manual Verification


EB Chairman Poll Clerk 3rd Member

Determine if there is Take note of

RETRIEVE overvote
do not count the votes
Take note of the overvotes;
BALLOTS for positions with overvotes jot down in
overvote minutes

Take ballot one by

Tally votes in the
COUNT VOTES & one
ER Jot down minutes
Accomplish ER Read votes
Total votes in ER
sequentially

Sign both ERs

COMPARE
Compare results of manually prepared ER and machine-
Both ERs generated ER
 Discrepancy in Results
Compare the results of the manually-prepared ER with that of

the machine-generated ER

Machine-
Manual ER
generated ER OK
Review / reappreciate ballots
Determine cause of discrepancy

Machine-
Manual ER
generated ER OK

EB shall call on the assigned DESO technical support staff

What to do?
 Understand the cause of
discrepancy

Verify and make sure the incident is

reflected in the minutes

Ask for copy of the minutes

(take a picture if no copy is given)

REPORT incident to
COORDINATOR
 Submission of report

EB FTS Report EO

NTSC/Command and
Monitoring Center

COMELEC
 FTS Minutes

(CEF No. A11)
Acts done
Data generated

 The EB shall record in the Minutes (CEF No. A11) all the acts
or data required to be entered under this resolution as soon
as they occur or become available.
 Disposition of
Forms/Supplies

ENVELOPE
BEI EO

EO keeps the
envelope until
Manual ER further instructions
Diagnostic Report from COMELEC
Initialization Report Counted ballots

VVPATs
8 copies of National
and Local Returns
 VCM & Ballot Box

SEALED LOCKED
To be left in the LOCKED ROOM
Ziplock 1
Ziplock 2 (Polling Place);
marking
Ziplock 3 Not to be opened earlier than
pens BALLOT
Ziplock 4
5:00 a.m.
Ziplock 5 VCM BOX Thermal BOX
papers May 13, 2019.
Power
VCM cord
SD cards installed
and slots sealed BATTERY
 

THANK YOU!