The Commission on Elections (Comelec) conducts final testing and sealing of automated counting machines (ACMs) in Mindanao as part of preparations for the first BARMM parliamentary elections on Monday, Sept. 14. The activity takes place alongside BARMM electoral board members, with the machines checked before being sealed.
Comelec chair George Erwin Garcia says all ACMs and other election paraphernalia are already sealed and packed for voting in thousands of precincts across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Outlets also describe the preparations as historic, noting the polls are the region’s first parliamentary elections and follow multiple prior postponements. The testing and sealing are held at a facility in Cotabato City, identified by one outlet as the Cotabato City Institute.
Across the reports, the focus remains on the readiness steps—final testing, sealing, and packing of election equipment—while details such as the date and specific site of the activity are emphasized differently.
