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150   ENHANCING ELECTIONS AS INSTRUMENTS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE ASEAN REGION





                                       MILESTONES

            16. Precinct      Implementation of the AES involves the clustering of
            assignment of     precincts, which means that the majority of voters will
            voters            likely have to go to new polling places.



                              Action point: Request for an update on the preparation
                              of the list of voters for each of the clustered precincts,

                              and on the plan for informing voters of their new
                              precinct assignments, especially on election day, in
                              order to avoid confusion and delays in locating assigned
                              precincts.



            17. Manual        Section 24 of R.A. 9369 mandates a random manual audit
            audit of vote     (RMA) in one precinct per congressional district, randomly

            counts            chosen by the Commission in each province and city, and
                              that any difference between the automated and manual
                              count will result in the determination of the root cause
                              and initiate a manual count for those precincts affected

                              by computer or procedural error. It is deemed that the
                              sample size of one precinct per congressional district is
                              low.



                              Action point: Propose an increase of audit coverage
                              to up to 15% of all precincts, making sure that all
                              municipalities are covered.
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