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00:00We might be going back to the National Printing Office here in Quezon City.
00:17What we're going to see now is a restricted area.
00:21We have clearance from Comelec to stay here and to print from here.
00:27But all the people here, the Comelec employees, need to go through biometrics
00:35to be able to access this place.
00:39The printing process is not a joke.
00:42Because right here, at any given time, Comelec has 1,000 people
00:48for different stages of printing,
00:52from verification, to checking if the printed ballot is correct.
00:57And for all the processes, a lot of people need to go through
01:01and all of them have restricted access here at the National Printing Office.
01:06From the biometrics area, this is the printing area.
01:11As you can see, there are two big machines.
01:151.5 million ballots per day is the target of the National Printing Office
01:23because their schedule and their target is April 14.
01:29But we got an assurance from the NPO earlier that they can do it
01:34because these machines can churn out more than 1,000 ballots per minute.
01:44But of course, there will be rejects, there will be squalled ballots
01:48if they don't pass the quality control and security markings.
01:53Of course, there will be wastage there.
01:56But on the other hand, the National Printing Office assured that
02:00if necessary, there will be spare machines that can be used
02:04to reach the target of 73 million ballots by April 14.
02:10The printed ballots will be brought to this area and will be stacked here.
02:15The ballots will be stacked here.
02:18There are also people who will take care of it.
02:20As of now, there are none because the printing hasn't started yet.
02:23It is expected that it will be done later after the MOA signing
02:28between the NPO and the Comelec.
02:32And from the stacking area,
02:36here we can see,
02:38let's just take a look.
02:40It's closed.
02:41But there are ACMs, automated counting machines.
02:45The printed ballots will be passed to the ACMs one by one
02:49so that the measurements are correct and the machines won't be wasted.
02:55After the ACM testing, the ballots will be taken to the ceiling
03:01and it will be shipped to different precincts throughout the province.
03:07Again, Kapuso, this day will resume.
03:10The printing of 73 million ballots will continue.
03:14It needs to be printed before April 14
03:17so that it can be used in the 2025 midterm elections.
03:22That's all for the latest from the National Printing Office.
03:25Let's go back to the studio.
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