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These seem to be the same precinct @Paul Do you mean that the same machine appeared twice on the website of Comelec?
We don't have access yet to the data on the Comelec's Main Server. We will request for a copy. They did say they will release. But you may want to check out this story I wrote about the issues that happened on election night when we detected that the Comelec's Media Server was churning out duplicate records of precincts. Very likely this also happened with the main server as well https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/discrepancy-results-comelec-transmission-2025/
Hello, @Ely Rodriguez. We've raised this concern to our tech team. Thanks!
This has been corrected
The duplicate precincts by themselves are not indicative of cheating, particularly if they match with the ER copies printed before the counting machines transmitted to the servers.
They just become a problem for automated tabulation systems, particularly given that there was no prior warning to expect duplicates.
Please note that we are still examining the results data.
Any feedback on what you are observing at your end is very much welcome so we can verify.
Sorry forgot to tag you @Ely Rodriguez
This was already fixed. Thanks for pointing this out @Ely Rodriguez
I was wondering nga po if this was included na sa updated number nila, since hindi naman indicated sa website ng COMELEC.
The duplicate precincts by themselves are not indicative of cheating, particularly if they match with the ER copies printed before the counting machines transmitted to the servers. They just become a problem for automated tabulation systems, particularly given that there was no prior warning to expect duplicates.
ibig sabihin po ba hindi napublish yung resulta ng mga napalitan ng duplicate na result?
ibig sabihin po ba hindi napublish yung resulta ng mga napalitan ng duplicate na result?
ibig sabihin po ba hindi napublish yung resulta ng mga napalitan ng duplicate na result? If you're referring to the results on the Rappler site, wala na po yung duplicates doon.
Yung Comelec site po, even if you see duplicates (note: I haven't checked), hindi sya nagtatabulate. That is not used in any of the tabulations. It is just used to show the votes per clustered precinct.
Ang official canvass ng Comelec, nag-uumpisa sa city/municipality pataas.
So most likely, hindi rin yun affected ng duplicate na Election Return kasi bago bilangin ang bawat ER, binubusisi po yun sa City / Municipality level.
https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/91663-philippine-automated-election-sytem-explained/
If you're referring to the results on the Rappler site, wala na po yung duplicates doon. Yung Comelec site po, hindi sya nagtatabulate. Ang official canvass ng Comelec, nag-uumpisa sa city/municipality pataas. So most likely, hindi rin yun affected ng duplicate na Election Return kasi bago bilangin ang bawat ER, binubusisi po yun sa City / Municipality level. https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/91663-philippine-automated-election-sytem-explained/
For further context here: our story explains the end-to-end transmission path as illustrated below. At the bottom here are the over 93,000 vote counting machines. Before the machines transmit, they print election returns which can be used as reference to compare against what is transmitted. After they transmit, more copies are printed. If you want to look at results in your area, it might actually be a good idea to check for those copies and compare with what you see on the Comelec's election site. PPCRV volunteers encode those copies for comparison with the automated count.
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The basis for proclamation is NOT the tabulation that is published by media groups. That is just the unofficial results and just for transparency. If you notice in the diagram, the ERs are transmitted to the city or municipality board of canvassers where they are scrutinized by parties involved and by watchdog groups before they are canvassed. After canvassing at that level, aakyat to province, then to the National Board of Canvassers in the case of Senatorial or Partylist. At these levels there are usually lawyers representing various parties who may raise pre-proclamation controversies.
Another backup / transparency feature here is the Random Manual Audit which is currently ongoing and is being streamed by the Comelec through its Facebook page. This is meant to catch any errors in the way the machines are interpreting results. https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=714423774445991&rdid=V1OHJIMWRgNrMNyw
Thank you. We will verify and update if needed
Sorry forgot to tag you in my responses @Paul I hope this answers your question?
Could you send specifics please so we can research on this?
Offhand, local officials are only entitled to 3 consecutive electoral terms.
However, there has been occasions when those 3 consecutive terms were broken for various reasons. It would help if we know the public official concerned as well as the position and local government involved
A spark of idea while traveling.
Title: The Mind Conditioning of Survey Firms
Problem:
Surveys can influence the voting preference of many citizens and the undecided. There's also a concept of bandwagon bias.
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Proposed Solution:
All candidates must have the full right whether to allow private firms to publicly disclose their individual result or not.
A simple email to the survey firms:
Good morning,
Please do not publish my name, percentage preference, and ranking online. If you wish to help my candidacy to better make strategic decisions, you can send me my individual percentage and ranking in this email: #####@gmail.com
Instead of my name, just put "Anonymous".
Thank you,
Aspirant #1
If many aspirants do the same, then we can make the survey firm virtually useless in mind-conditioning the public.
If the survey firm is sponsored by a private person, why not just send the result to that private person?
Why do they need to announce who is leading and lagging behind? Who gave them the authority to publish the result of all the candidates online?
The candidates own their name, so they must have the full right whether or not it should be published online in surveys.
The above proposed solution can improve all national elections in the future. It can help candidates to make strategic political decisions since their individual results will be emailed to them, but it can avoid the bandwagon bias of the undecided.
Open Letter Questions to the President of SWS and Pulse Asia Stations
Possible interview questions to them in the future:
Why didn’t you predict the correct ranking of Bam, Kiko, and Marcoleta in the multiple surveys since last year? Your survey outcomes didn’t change much in the 60-day campaign period.
The surveys consistently placed Bam, Kiko, and Marcoleta outside the magic 12. Marcoleta is even far from the magic 12.
Why didn’t you publish who sponsored each survey and for what cost?
If a private individual sponsored the survey, why do you need to publicize the result of all other aspirants? Are you mind-conditioning the public by telling them that many have a small chance of winning because they are outside the top 15?
Did you ask permission from other senatorial aspirants whether their name, rankings, and percentage preference will be published in every survey? Or do you simply make an assumption since it’s been the practice in the past three decades? Do you think you evaded the privacy of other aspirants by publishing their name online with their ranking and voter preference?
Why don’t you just send the survey result to the private sponsor, and what’s the need for its publication? If you want to help other aspirants make strategic political decisions, you could have put your email in the survey result so the aspirants can request it individually.
What can you say about the statement of the late Miriam Defensor Santiago that survey firms are like kingmakers?
How do you choose the participants of the survey? How many personnel are in the field to do the actual survey?
Do you receive a bribe to put other aspirants in the top 12, while in fact, they shouldn’t be in the top 12?
The survey consistently ranks consecutively Bong Revilla, Willie Revillame, Ben Tulfo, Manny Pacquiao, and Abby Binay in the magic 12, and yet they didn’t win — and Willie Revillame didn’t even make it to the top 20.
There are 42,046 barangays in the Philippines, and you only have 2,500 participants. 42,046 ÷ 2,500 = 17.
It’s like 17 barangays are represented by only one person. How do you choose that one person? Are they students, voters, tambay, workers, etc.?
Are you willing to allow a 3rd-party audit firm to audit a sample of your 2,500 participants? Similar concept to the random manual audit of COMELEC. The 3rd-party audit firm can audit 10% of 2,500 to determine whether their preference is their actual voting preference.
Do you think that the survey firms this 2025 are an epic fail? As one of the presidents of these survey firms, do you think survey firms still have credibility in the 2028 election?
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I apologize in advance for being brutally honest with above questions. My goal is to seek the truth, and for them to reflect of what could have gone wrong in their 2025 surveys.
I hope those questions above will be answered by them in the future.
Kind regards,
A private citizen seeking the truth
LOOK: Senate President Chiz Escudero has formally notified the House of Representatives and Vice President Sara Duterte about the Senate convening as an impeachment court. This is in accordance with what he previously proposed. The Senate will convene as impeachment court on June 3, with the trial set to begin on July 30. @here
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TOP STORY. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. called for the “courtesy resignation of all Cabinet secretaries,” Malacañang announced in a release early Thursday, May 22. https://www.rappler.com/philippines/marcos-cabinet-courtesy-resignation-may-2025/
Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon submits his courtesy resignation on Thursday, May 22, after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered Cabinet secretaries to step down to “recalibrate his administration.” Dizon had just been appointed to the post last February. “We serve at the pleasure of the President, and of the people,” Dizon said. via @Kaycee Valmonte - Rappler
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Grabe, Secretary Dizon was just appointed early this year.
MORE COURTESY RESIGNATIONS COMING IN "That I serve at the pleasure of the President is a thought that has never been lost on me from the day I assumed office," he said in a statement. Recto was appointed Finance Chief in 2024, replacing Benjamin Diokno. | via @Tatiana Maligro - Rappler According to the MMDA Public Information Office, Artes “will comply with the directive, as he serves at the pleasure of the President.” | via @Kaycee Valmonte - Rappler
Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Cacdac announces his intention to submit a courtesy resignation, heeding President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s call.
“As a member of the President’s official family, I am always subject to the control, and work under the trust and confidence, of his excellency,” he says, adding he will submit the courtesy resignation “immediately” on Thursday, May 22. | via @Michelle Abad - Rappler
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Finance Secretary Ralph Recto also submits his courtesy resignation "without delay nor reservation" following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's call for all his Cabinet secretaries to step down.
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Romando Artes, chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, will also submit his courtesy resignation.
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Pulling out this line from the top story, too: While surprising and “bold,” the May 22 announcement did not come from out of nowhere. Both Marcos and Malacañang had long spoken openly about a “review” of the Cabinet, long before the May 12 elections took place.
Will we see a total change in personnel? Not exactly. We've already been hearing talk of which resignations are likely to be accepted — many of these have been a long time coming, so perhaps this courtesy resignation call would only hasten that process. We are likely also see a newly-appointed official exit their Cabinet post sooner than later (and, therefore, before they'd have a chance to face the CA).
Hinding in courtesy resignations doesn't mean that they're automatically out of the job. Of course, the President will need to accept this and then, more crucially, pinpoint who'll take over that post.