DJ Mo Twister appears in this 1 minute TV commercial that SHOWS people how to vote using the automated election system or Precinct Count Optical Scan (P-COS) machine.
When I heard him blabbering about it last year, it took me some time to figure out what he really meant. Only by watching the guys at Smartmatic-TIM demonstrate the PCOS machine on TV did I really understand what DJ Mo Twister was saying.
Now, perhaps, much to the relief of everyone out there who wants to know how to vote using an automated election machine, the Comelec has come out with this ad.
Smartmatic-TIM is, as of this moment, conducting the second round of field tests for its PCOS machines. This time around, the tests will be done in several schools in Pateros and Taguig.
Just like the previous field test, the Smartmatic-PCOS machines will be tested to see if it can read the ballots, count the votes, and transmit results. It will also see if the computers at the receiving end of the system will be able to receive and decode the transmitted data.
In the first round of field tests, the PCOS machines encountered difficulty in transmitting from a location in Lake Sebu which in a valley. Nevertheless, the Smartmatic-TIM people conducting the field tests overcame the transmission problem by using a B-GAN (which is the big brother equivalent of the usual broadband modem) and transmitted the data.
Such 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 implemented either on the spot or through adjustments in the plans for the actual roll out of the automated election system.
Success! Smartmatic-TIM conducts successful field testing, disproving concerns over automated election failure once again.
Despite all the doubts raised against the country’s first ever real attempt at automating its electoral process, Smartmatic-TIM is showing that it is following through on its commitment to the Commission of Elections and the Filipino people to deliver a reliable poll automation system.
At the Oversight Committee Hearing today, Smartmatic-TIM and Comelec faced a new round of grilling from congressmen who registered their doubts and concerns over the implementation of poll automation.
Paranaque Congressman Roilo Golez was among those who questioned the Comelec’s preparation of a contingency plan for a 30 percent failure scenario. Comelec Legal Department Head Ferdinand Rafanan explained that this was just a contingency plan and was in no way an indication that elections would fail in 30 percent of the country’s precincts.
Nevertheless, even as the hearing went on, Smartmatic-TIM went through with its field testing and proved without a doubt that poll automation would work.
(Found this on Facebook and thought it might help inform voters about Presidential candidate Dick Gordon and Vice Presidential candidate Bayani Fernando.)
A Philippines where…
Discipline is a way of life, peace and order the norm, and the rule of law prevails.
Teachers’ skills are upgraded, improving the quality of education, thereby producing a globally competitive workforce.
Foreign Investors pour in billions in manufacturing, tourism, IT, and agriculture because they have confidence in a government that is fair and consistent. And because the Filipino workforce can compete with the best of the rest of the world.
Quality jobs are available so that Filipinos devote themselves to their country and families instead of foraging for their future and fortune in foreign shores.
Tourism is a priority industry, creating jobs and livelihood for people from all walks of life. Every tourist is welcomed with our signature Filipino hospitality and we are the tourism destination of choice.
Still, Filipinos can choose to work overseas in high paying jobs because they have the Filipino work ethic and credentials to do so. All overseas Filipinos are ambassadors of the new Philippines.
Development brings true, lasting peace and progress to Mindanao.
The environment is protected to combat the effects of climate change and in order to prevent natural disasters.
Improved infrastructure brings development to the hinterlands, decongests the metropolis, and brings education, health care, trade opportunities, and employment closer to the people.
Every citizen is a proud Filipino, understanding his/her role and participating in nation building, cheering each other on as we welcome every new challenge and as we show the whole world that we are a nation with dignity, integrity and honor.
BAHALA NA SI BATMAN KUNG PAANO KAYO BOBOTO SA 2010.
Comelec will submit a 2010 budget of P40M for Voter Ed. This was based on Voter Ed program for the 2008 ARMM automation project. Budget hearing scheduled within the next few days.
An alarming development, considering that optimally, this budget should be multiplied 20 times to cover the whole nation.
61% of Filipinos know little of automated polls—survey
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