Blog Posts on automated election 2010

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...

How To Vote for the Elections 2010 by Manila Reviews on May 8, 2010Hey guys! Manilamommy.com posted guidelines on how to vote for the Philippine Elections 2010. We have only one day to go! Please be prepared and read through this post. You might also like:Election 2010 Results Nestle Drumstick: vote for the ending...

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...

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...

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...

Voting in May 2010 will be fun and easy by Malayang Halalan on Mar 7, 2010Bathsheba Valenzuela considers herself an expert on automated voting and scoffs at people who say that using the 25-inch-long ballot and the voting machine is fraught with difficulties for senior citizens. “It’s easy as long as you follow the...

All poll machines delivered! Ballots being printed at break neck speed! by Malayang Halalan on Feb 27, 2010It is rather funny that the groups who were needling Smartmatic-TIM at every stage implementing poll automation have fallen silent these days. They kept badgering Comelec and Smartmatic-TIM for the source code, but when it was made available, thes...

Philippine Election 2010: Now Automated by Neknekenken on Feb 4, 2010Yesterday I attended a seminar about the automation of this year's election here in the Philippines. I normally doze off during seminars but as a first time voter, I did my best to listen.In attendance to the seminar were 3rd year and 4th year I.T. a...