A Brief Look at the Automated Election on May 10, 2010

Understanding Poll Automation :

A joint congressional initiative R.A. No. 9369 (Poll Automation Law) Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations/Electoral Reform Groups Precinct Count Optical Scan: Choice of PCOS is product of honest-to-goodness studies (Roque vs COMELEC G.R. No. 188456, Sept. 10, 2009) More than 100 million Americans using optically scanned paper State of Minnesota using PCOS since September 15, 1987

S t a t i s t i c s:
50,086,054 registered voters
as of November 16, 2009 ERB Hearing

258,691
as of December 29, 2009 re-opening of registration January 9, 2010 ERB Hearing

80 Provinces 119 cities 1,515 municipalities 37, 226 Voting Centers 329, 389 Established Precincts 75,471 Clustered Precincts 82,200 PCOS Machines
6,729 spare PCOS

PCOS Machine and Ballot Box:

PCOS Machine

Demonstration ballot box

Voting:
Before voting starts show that transparent plastic ballot box is empty turn on and initialize PCOS print Zero Report To show that there is no entry/vote in machines memory Voting starts at 7:00 am and ends at 6:00 pm Precinct set up At least 10 voters can cast ballot at only one time

Official ballots :
Pre-printed names of candidates 300/600 candidates can be accommodated
150/300 names per side of ballot

Precinct-specific
Ensure rejection of previously scanned ballot

Color- coded Candidates are numbered

Shade oval opposite Ovals opposite names of candidate name of chosen candidate

PCOS (precinct count optical scan) :

One unit per clustered precinct Voter personally feeds ballot into machine Ballot can be fed in any orientation Ballot scanned both sides simultaneously Digital ballot image Election returns printed directly by PCOS

PCOS (precinct count optical scan) :

One unit per clustered precinct Voter personally feeds ballot into machine Ballot can be fed in any orientation Ballot scanned both sides simultaneously Digital ballot image Election returns printed directly by PCOS

ZERO REPORT
The zero or initialization report demonstrates that there are no pre-loaded results in the PCOS at the start of voting.

Paraan ng Pagboto (Voting Process)

Tiyakin na ang pangalan mo ay nasa listahan ng mga botante sa presinto kung saan ka boboto. Dalawang linggo bago ang halalan, tungkulin ng Board of Election Inspectors na ilagay ang listahan ng mga botante sa bawat presinto. Ilalagay sa website ng COMELEC ang mga pangalan ng botante.
(be sure to check your name in the list of voters that will be printed in the precinct where you will vote. It is the responsibility of the Board of Election Inspectors to post the final list of voters in each precinct. List of voters will be posted in the COMELEC website.)

Paraan ng Pagboto (Voting Process)

Sa araw ng halalan, magpakilala sa Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) sa presinto kung saan kayo nakarehistro. Matapos mapatunayan ang inyong pagkakilanlan, bibigyan kayo ng balota na may mga pangalan na ng mga kandidato. (On the day of election, present your ID to the BEI in your assigned precinct. Upon verifying your identity, BEI will give you a ballot containing the list of candidates in various vacant elective positions.)

Paraan ng Pagboto (Voting Process)

Gamit ang marker, itiman o ishade ng buo ang bilog na nasa tabi ng pangalan ng inyong mga napiling kandidato. (Using a COMELEC provided marker, shade the entire circle corresponding to your choice of candidate)

Tamang Paraan ng Pag-shade sa balota. (Correct way of

shading a ballot)

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Okay!

Paraan ng Pagboto (Voting Process)

Pagka tapos bumoto i-feed ang nasagutang balota sa Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) Machine. Ang balota ay didiretso sa transparent ballot box.

(After filling up the ballot, feed the form to the PCOS machine. The ballot will go straight to a transparent ballot box)

Counting :
At close of polls
Perform close function
To prevent additional ballots from being inserted

After close function, PCOS automatically

Starts counting process Prints election returns after completion of automated count
Eight (8) copies

Counting :
Insert transmission cable
After printing first eight (8) copies of ER
To eliminate doubts that the PCOS can be manipulated remotely

Perform electronic transmission function Print additional twenty-two (22) copies of ER

Automatically performed by PCOS after completion of transmission

Canvassing/Consolidation:
Electronically transmitted results
Used as basis for canvassing/consolidation and proclamation of winning candidates for
City/municipal officials Provincial officials Members, House of Representatives Senators and Party-list

Congress

COMELEC

National Board of Canvassers

Physical transport
Prov. COC and SOVP

COMELEC CENTRAL SERVER

Provincial Board of Canvassers

Physical transport
Mun./City COC and SOVP

Municipal/City Board of Canvassers

Physical transport
Election Returns

Precinct

Transparency, Transparency, Security and Confidence Security and Confidence Building Measures Building Measures

1.

Source Code Review - Sec. 11, Sec. 14 of RA 9369

2.

Field testing, followed by mock elections

Sec. 11 of RA 9369 in one or more cities/municipalities

3.

Random Manual Audit

Sec. 29 of RA 9369 Random Manual Audit in one precinct per congressional district randomly chosen by the Commission in each province and city A composite committee with representation from citizens arm will be created. Proposal: RMA in one precinct per municipality after proclamation.

4.

TEC Certification

Sec. 11 of RA 9369 Technical Evaluation Committee shall certify not later than three months before the date of the electoral exercise that the AES, including its hardware and software components, is operating properly, securely and accurately based on field testing and mock elections.

5.

Testing and Sealing of PCOS

(3 days before May 10, 2010)

PCOS Machine

Demonstration ballot box

6.

General Instructions

Voting, counting and canvassing procedures Responsibilities of BEI and watchers

7.

Supplemental General Instructions Protest mechanism Continuity plan