Poll Automation
SC upholds Comelec limits on source code review
MANILA, Philippines - The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Commission on Elections' restrictions on the review of the source codes for the automated election system, which were used during last year’s national and local elections.
Brillantes: Give me a chance
Newly-appointed Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes has asked the public to give him a chance to clean up the electoral system, as he brushed aside the criticisms that were hurled his way days prior to his appointment.
6 Comelec employees suspended over ballot secrecy folder scam
Pinatawan ng Ombudsman ng anim na buwang suspensyon ang anim na tauhan ng Comelec na sangkot sa overpricing ng ballot secrecy folder. Hiniling naman ng whistleblower sa kaso ang pagpapaimbestiga ng ibang opisyal na maaring may kinalaman din sa kontrata.
Comelec releases random manual audit report of May 10 polls
The Commission on Elections and its citizen arm, the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting have released the report on its random manual audit of the May 10 automated elections. The report shows, most of the selected precincts passed the accuracy test with an average of 99.6 percent. ANC Dateline Philippines, July 29, 2010
SWS: 3 out of 4 Pinoys satisfied with May polls
MANILA, Philippines - Having ascertained who their leaders were in just a matter of days, 3 out of 4 Filipinos gave their kudos to the conduct of the elections in May.
Electronic vote no threat yet to old style ballot box
HONG KONG - They held elections within days of each other: The Philippines, a lively democracy where politicians get shot dead in the street and Britain, the rock solid 'mother of all parliaments'.
Locsin: No to automated elections in 2013
MANILA, Philippines - The chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms on Monday opposed a plan to automate the May 2013 mid-term elections after proving that there was systematic cheating in the local polls last May 10.
Comelec mulls purchase of used PCOS machines
MANILA, Philippines - The Commission on Elections has until the end of December to decide whether or not to buy the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines used in the 2010 polls.