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PCOS Machines All Here(0)
Here’s a little something for the doomsayers.
The Commission on Elections has announced the completion of deliveries of all the Precint Count OPtical Scan Machines to be used in the elections in May. The final delivery was made February 27, one day before the deadline. Smartmatic delivered about 82,000 optical scan machines.
With the completion of the [...]
Comelec Releases Testing Rules and Procedures, Ballot Templates
The Commission on Elections has come out with a resolution on “Rules and Procedures for the Testing and Sealing of The Precinct Count Optical Scan Machines.”
Here are some of the more important points:
SECTION 1. Period for testing and sealing of PCOS machines. – At least three (3) days before April 10, 2010 in the [...]
Ballot Security Assured
The Commission on Elections and Smartmatic-TIM continue to make improvements on the various components of the automated election system.
Yesterday, Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal presented the new ballot boxes that will be used together with the Precinct Count Optical Scan machines. Larrazabal explains that the re-design was done to protect the security features of the new [...]
Globe Turns Down Use of Makati Facility For Automated Elections
Globe Telecom has changed its mind on its agreement with Comelec and Smartmatic for the use of its data center in Makati as a data processing center for the elections in May.
The telecommunications company has expressed apprehension, saying its facility may be compromised. Not even a proposed deployment of soldiers to secure its facility could [...]
