Tag Archive for ‘Comelec’
But seriously, sino ang tunay na Kapalmuks?
Normally I wouldn’t give the following sort of tabloid writing the time of day, but right now I think I should make an example of it and drive home some simple and often overlooked points for the greater good. The author whose piece I’m critiquing today should feel free to donate any large sum of money to his favorite charity to signify the appreciation for his article even making it to this particular venue/forum.
Automated electoral fraud: Is there proof, evidence, or neither?
Let’s make one thing clear: Proof is not the same as evidence. I am making that distinction clear as an objection to what should have been a fair reportage involving stating the facts without a hint of opinion or bias on the part of the journalist of a major media company.
Too Late The Hero
Disgusting. That’s what these complainers are. I’m of course referring those politicians who have come out with claims of being approached by individuals and groups offering to rig the elections in their behalf. I’m disgusted with these people because the fact that they came out with this piece of information only after the elections shows [...]
Present Your Evidence
These past few days have been very frustrating for supporters of the automated system implemented by Comelec and Smartmatic like myself. After a week of generally positive feedback on the system came a deluge of criticisms all pointing to the claim of massive electoral fraud. While I do support this automated election project, I do [...]
Help Ensure H.O.P.E; Be Prepared To Vote
Ok so tomorrow is D-Day. I hope you’re all ready for our first ever automated elections. Let’s all do our part to ensure that it will proceed without any hitches. Well okay there will be hitches; that’s unavoidable. Let’s at least help minimize the problems. As voters we can help by going to the precincts [...]
Source Code Review and the Improbability of Hacking
The National telecommunications Commission has assured that there will be no hacking of the reslts of the country’s first ever automated elections. An NTC official explains this clearly in this manilatimes.net report: “There’s no way to hack [the results] because it is a private network [that is behind the country’s first automated elections]. The network [...]
Comelec: Automation Preparations 100% On Target
Comelec and Smartmatic-TIM have reached another milestone in their task of automating the elections in May. The following is good news for everyone concerned. I certainly the perennially paranoid, the doomsayers, and the egotistical Liberal Party will just take it for what it is and not pollute the atmosphere again with their drivel. Here’s the [...]
Election Offense
When I started this blog I made a promise to myself that I will keep it focused on poll automation and nothing else. That means political punditry and commentaries on political personalities will not be a feature of this space. However, one particular candidate and his group recently caught my ire and because of this [...]
Really Not As Easy To Cheat As You Might Think
A reader who goes by the name of “programmer” left the following comment on my post entitled “Easily Hackable? Seriously?” programmer April 11, 2010 • 4:34 pm (Edit) No one is auditing and showing us the Smartmatic Datacenter. Yes, PCOS = bullet-proof. But how about the back door? Who will audit, contest (and recount) the [...]
More Positive Developments In Poll Automation Project
The Commission on Elections must be on cloud nine right now. Why wouldn’t it? A survey conducted by Social Weather Stations show that more Filipinos trust that the agency can protect the elections in May from sabotage. (From Philippine Star) To the test statement, “The Comelec can be trusted to make sure that there is [...]
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