He Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) tested this Sunday the preliminary electoral results system (Sirepre) in the second national simulation, as part of the technical activities that seek to guarantee the reliability of the general elections of August 17. However, civic people request information on logistics, technical and technological aspects to guarantee transparency.
“Logistics, connectivity, technical support and operability of the Sirepre has been satisfactorily tested,” said TSE vowel, Nelly Arista.
According to Arista, 3,876 of the 5,527 electoral enclosures was able to simulate27,506 of the 34,026 voting tables and 6,309,364 of 7,567,207 people enabled. After 20:00, the processed results reached 65%, although the staff was reduced by half.
“It’s not just about counting fast, but about counting well and sure,” said the vowel, indicating that Sirepre is a complementary tool to the official computation and does not replace it.
He added that the test showed that “we are prepared” for the electoral process, but that you can improve until the last day.
The evidence began at 16:00 and was replicated in all departmental electoral courts (TED). More than 6,000 technical operators throughout the country were deployed, who simulated the flow of information from the voting enclosures to the data processing centers.
Around 5:30 p.m., the center of Sireprefa began to receive the information from the operators for processing.
Verdators of the Electoral Observation Mission of the European Union and of the Organization of American States (OAS), and delegates of political organizations supervised the evidence.
The TSE reported that the percentage of transmission achieved by the Sirepre and the efficiency of the system was evaluated in operational conditions similar to the election day.
When the exercise was ending, the delegate of the Unit Alliance, Oscar Arrien, warned a lack of transparency, because they will not publish the photographs of the electoral acts in the Sirepre system. “We believe that it is not possible to give transparency and credibility to the population if the photographs of the minutes are not published,” he said.
In that sense, he pointed out that the TSE has been asked to be considered this decision so that the images can be counted online, on the official website.
As part of the activities, the TED also made training the electoral jurors. The activity had a massive participation in the Gilberto Pareja Coliseum.
Civic request
For its part, the Pro Santa Cruz Committee demanded transparency in Sirepre management. Through a public pronouncement and a few hours from the drill, he asked the TSE to provide detailed information on the development of the rapid counting system, its technical and software components, logistics and control mechanism for choice day.
“We demand that the TSE respond accurately and before the country’s eyes to crucial questions aimed at dissipating citizenship doubts about the suitability of Sirepre, the seriousness of the simulation and cleaning of the next election,” the statement said.
Among the consultations are if the Internal Audit Unit of the TSE participated in some stage of the process, either in the development, validation or review of the system.
In relation to the drill, he requested information on those responsible for its execution, if access to the database has mechanisms such as cross keys, if any additional software not declared publicly will be used, and what were the technical requirements required for the mobile devices used.
In addition, transparency is required in aspects related to storage and discharge of data for the day of the election. Ask for data on the company that will provide the cloud storage service, what servers will be used, what security measures will apply to the results released, and from which web address you can access and download the official information.
TAmbate details about the audit and citizen control mechanisms.
Similarly, it asks that all final minutes be publicly submitted and that a minimum time of 10 minutes per table is guaranteed for its citizen capture, as part of a parallel verification process. “We require an immediate answer to this questionnaire, which only formalizes the concern of a citizenship that has already been disappointed in previous processes,” says the pronouncement.
To know
First exercise. The first royal simulation, although internally, was held on July 13. On that occasion, the electoral vocal Gustavo Ávila reported that the system responded “very well.”
Regulations The test was regulated by the regulation of the Transmission and Publication System of Preliminary Results, approved by Administrative Resolution 0335/2025, of July 15, which establishes the technical and operational bases for the implementation and supervision of the system.
