As it did in 2010 and 2013, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) once again fails to provide for rules on the authentication of electronically transmitted election results by the Boards of Canvassers (BOCs) at all levels.

The BOCs at each level of canvassing are mandated by law to determine the authenticity and due execution of each electronically transmitted election results they receive. These results are the election returns from the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) and certificate of canvass from the BOCs in the canvassing hierarchy.

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