More doubts raised about poll results
By Jerome Aning
Information technology (IT) experts have observed a strange “pattern” of votes obtained by administration, opposition and independent senatorial candidates in the May 13 elections.
Information technology (IT) experts have observed a strange “pattern” of votes obtained by administration, opposition and independent senatorial candidates in the May 13 elections.
Critics of the controversial Precinct Count Optical Scan machines will have their opportunity to prove the that voting gadgets could be hacked or tampered with during their field testing on Monday, one week before the mid-term elections.
Police here are investigating the possible existence of an international syndicate involved in stealing bank account information from automated teller machines in commercial establishments.
The source code refers to the human-readable instructions that define how a computer functions.
Worried about the reports it was getting from the field, the National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) on Thursday wrote the Commission on Elections to express its apprehensions about the reliability of the Precinct Count Optical Scan machines.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has reported being 90 percent ready to conduct the May 13 balloting, and said the lack of source code for the voting machines was the only problem left unsettled.
Tech-savvy young voters are likely to significantly influence the outcome of the May 13 elections, an administration senatorial candidate said Monday.
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Sixto Brillantes on Wednesday said they have been finalizing the agreement with automated elections technology suppliers Dominion Voting Systems Inc. and Smartmatic International for the release of the source code of the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines in time for its review by political parties, accredited organizations and independent candidates.
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will launch an online dengue alert before the start of the rainy season when cases of the deadly mosquito-borne hemorrhagic fever peak.
Friends and classmates of a 17-year-old campus beauty queen, who was stabbed and killed in a dormitory here on Saturday, have tapped the social networking site, Facebook, for their campaign for justice for her.
Two Philippine Eagles will do it—live on the Internet. The Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) on Wednesday launched its camera livestreaming project that will feature the activities of two eagles in captivity.
Smartmatic International could face charges after the elections for failing to provide the enhancements for the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines that will be used in the May balloting, the head of the Commission on Elections said Saturday.
In a dry run, glitches are unavoidable. “I don’t understand all the noise, these critics,” Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. told reporters on Monday. “They know that mock elections are never perfect.”
