Blog Posts on 2010 automated polls
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Flawed, but still better… by Malayang Halalan on Jun 28, 2010Locsin points to the fact that voting in some places occurred at 10PM and therefore could have used to send in results that would have swung the elections one way or the other for certain candidates. Granting that this is true, the next question wou...
Fifty million ballots printed for 2010 elections! by Malayang Halalan on Apr 23, 2010Comelec celebrates after printing of 50.9M ballots abs-cbnNEWS.com | 04/23/2010 4:27 PM MANILA, Philippines – Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Jose Melo is now more optimistic that the automated election will push through with th...
Overseas absentee voting in HK: Success! by Malayang Halalan on Apr 11, 2010Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal, Comelec and Henrietta De Villa, PPCRV noted the capability of Smartmatic-TIM to respond to contigencies: Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal said he was not alarmed by the breakdown of the machines. “We saw thi...
To UV or not UV! by Malayang Halalan on Apr 1, 2010The ballots that will be used in the Philippine’s first automated elections will still have special UV markings that will be used to make sure that the ballots are authentic. BEIs will be issued UV lamps which will make the UV markings visibl...
25M ballots printed for May polls – Smartmatic by Malayang Halalan on Apr 1, 2010MANILA, Philippines – About 25 million ballots out of the 50 million ballot needed for the May elections have been printed, according to the automation partner of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). “We have already printed half of the 50...
Is revolution actually Plan B for Noynoy Aquino if he loses? by Malayang Halalan on Mar 31, 2010In the early part of this year, members of the opposition took turns in warning that a revolt will certainly follow should election fail in 2010. On the surface, such statements can look like our senators and a number of candidates are merely pressur...
Are you voting for a party-list organization in 2010? by Malayang Halalan on Mar 14, 2010Those questioning certain party-list organizations are basically questioning the legitimacy of certain party-list organizations because of its supposed ties to the Gloria Arroyo administration. I have yet to look at the figures to compare between the...
Filipinos in Singapore included in Overseas Absentee Voting by Malayang Halalan on Mar 12, 2010Singapore included in automated polls for overseas absentee voting By Pia Lee-Brago The Philippine Star March 09, 2010 MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has decided to include Singapore in the conduct of automated elec...
It’s full automation all the way by Malayang Halalan on Mar 9, 2010No to manual election in Mindanao BY BERNICE CAMILLE V. BAUZON Reporter www.manilatimes.net The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday junked the suggestion of the National Power Corp. (Napocor) to hold manual elections in Mindanao instead of...
Smartmatic wins UN contract for Voter Registration in Africa by Malayang Halalan on Mar 8, 2010If it’s good for the United Nations, it ought to be good for the Philippines. After all criticism thrown at Smartmatic and Smarmatic-TIM, its international reputation doesn’t seem to be suffering one bit. Other countries continue to tru...
