Easily Hackable? Seriously?

Senatorial candidate Jose de Venecia III claims the automated election system can be easily hacked by a lean team of about 30 hackers. The self-proclaimed IT expert whose claim to fame was an expose on a broadband deal that he himself used to be a party to says these hackers can easily get into Comelec’s [...]

PCOS Machines All Here

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 [...]

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 [...]

Smartmatic-TIM Completes Production of PCOS Machines

Here’s one less thing to be paranoid about.
The Commission on Elections has announced the completion of the production of Smartmatic-TIM’s Precinct Count Optical Scan machines. The 25,000 machines yet to be delivered are scheduled to arrive in the country at least a week before the deadline on February 28.
The 25,000 machines will complete the 82,000 [...]

Printing of Ballots Begins; Mo Twister Teaches Poll Automation System

After much delay, the Commission on Elections has finally started printing the ballots to be used in the elections this May. Printing will be done 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Expected output is 800,000 ballots per day. The commission is confident there is enough time to produce all the ballots needed.
The Comelec [...]

Jam The Jammers

It should be clear by now that the success of the upcoming automated elections would also depend on the cooperation of everyone. The Commission on Eelections has been doing all it can to ensure that the new system would bring about much improvement in the way we carry out elections. Smartmatic-TIM is also doing its [...]

Comelec: Manual Elections Still An Option

The Commission on Elections has reiterated for the nth time that automated elections will push through. But as can be expected such assurances have done very little to allay the fears of the perennially paranoid.
In the hopes of quelling talks of the possibility of failure of elections, Comelec has now resorted to saying that manual [...]

PCOS Field Tests Set This Month

The Commission on Elections and Smartmatic held a press conference yesterday to reiterate their assurance that the automated election system is hack-proof.
Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal says laboratory testing is now being conducted on the Precinct Count Optimal Scan machines in their warehouse in Cabuyao, Laguna.
Field tests are also set to commence before the end of [...]

Automated Elections Fears

The Commission on Elections is right in identifying fear as the greatest danger to automation. Just consider what’s out there in the news  on the poll automation project — the dangers of hacking, delays in preparations, the inevitability of electoral fraud, and worst of all failure of elections.
While it is okay to raise concerns, those [...]

Comelec Official list of Presidential candidates in 2010 elections

Here’s the official list:

Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro (Lakas-Kampi CMD)
Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III (Liberal Party)
Manuel B. Villar Jr. (Nacionalista Party)
Richard J. Gordon (Bagumbayan)
Joseph “Erap” Estrada (Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino – UNO)
John Carlos “JC” Delos Reyes (Ang Kapatiran)
Maria Ana Consuelo “Jamby” A.S. Madrigal (independent)
Eddie C. Villanueva (Bangon Pilipinas)
Nicanor Perlas
Vetallano Acosta (Kilusang Bagong Lipunan)