Blog Posts on free elections
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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...
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 IN! by Malayang Halalan on Feb 28, 2010Cesar Flores, President of Smartmatic Asia Pacific said that the last 13,580 units of PCOS machines arrived at the International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) on February 27 completing the required number of machines to be used for the...
DJ Mo Twister’s Automated Election Ad by Malayang Halalan on Feb 2, 2010DJ Mo Twister shows people how to vote using an automated election machine...
Success of automated elections crucial to economy in 2010 by Malayang Halalan on Feb 1, 2010Certainly, the hoards of middlemen and brokers of industry of "winning at all costs" certainly don't want automated elections to succeed because there is no way to manipulate the results. You can manipulate the voters, for sure, but that would be a...
Smartmatic-TIM conducts round 2 of PCOS Field Tests by Malayang Halalan on Jan 28, 2010Such field tests are being conducted to find out or spot difficulties that might be encountered in May 2010 -- when the actual elections will take place. Difficulties that are spotted during the field tests will be studied and remedies will be imple...
Joker Arroyo’s privilege speech against Manny Villar by Malayang Halalan on Jan 26, 2010In a privilege speech delivered in 1998 as a congressman, Joker Arroyo already raised serious issues against then Speaker Manny Villar. This is an old privilege speech delivered by then Congressman Joker Arroyo, bringing to light issues against th...
Celebrating Cory Aquino’s 77th birth anniversary by Malayang Halalan on Jan 24, 2010Malayang Halalan joins the nation in celebrating the birth of Cory Aquino, who can also be credited for supporting the country's long journey towards modernizing the country's election process. Aquino was actually cheated in the 1985 snap elections...
