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 machines, the commission is set to carry out the customization process.

The delivery of the machines encountered various difficulties such as bad weather and tight shipping schedules. The biggest cause of delay, however, was the petition filed by the group Concerned Citizens' Movement or CCM.Just so you all know the Supreme Court hearing on the petition to nullify the poll automation contract ran for two months.

Both Comelec and Smartmatic are now of course feeling vindicated. Officials says this only proves that they can meet deadlines.