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The high-speed printing that misaligned UV marks can misalign the ballot...
The ultraviolet (UV) scanner of the PCOS was disabled because the high-speed printing resulted in the UV mark on the ballot being “misaligned by one to two millimeters”, according to COMELEC...
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How to show that a PCOS voting machine is accurate enough
The COMELEC has already rejected 100% manual audit proposal. That should be the end of it. Yet, it is hard ignore the voices of the country’s major information technology organizations, business...
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HALAL analysis of recently-released SysTest source code review
Halalang Marangal (HALAL) recently obtained a copy of the SysTest report on the source code review of the Smartmatic software that it conducted Oct. 26, 2009 to Feb. 9, 2010. This review was the basis...
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Smartmatic machines are not so smart after all
We are spending P7.2 billion to lease these “smart automatic” machines. It turns out that they are not so smart after all. In fact, they seem downright stupid. They can’t recognize a check mark or a...
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HALAL Statement: Smartmatic ballot production software was not certified
HALAL STATEMENT Last April 30, in response to a request by candidate Joey de Venecia III, the Comelec made public a set of documents relating to the source code review of the Smartmatic software...
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Expect a flood of demands for recount from losing candidates
The PCOS fiasco a few days before the May 10 elections has shattered the credibility not only of election automation, but of the entire electoral process itself. The entire process hinges on an...
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Too soon to call 2010 elections successful
It is too soon to declare the 2010 elections a success. People want a successful election so badly, that it is easy to get carried away by flood of incoming election returns. Many want to believe that...
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