MANILA, June 13 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday said the ongoing Random Manual Audit (RMA) of the May 12 elections so far shows that the accuracy rate between the automated counting machines (ACMs) and the manual tally is at 99.997%

"So far, 99.997 percent accuracy rate on the ballots that have been audited," Comelec Chairperson George Garcia said in a press briefing at the Citadines Hotel in Pasay City.

"We expect to get a report next week," he added.

A total of 723 ballots have undergone RMA as of the time of the press briefing. The Comelec expects the audit of the remaining ballot boxes to be finished within the day.

Garcia said the current accuracy rate is higher than the 99.94 percent recorded in the May 2022 n...