Free elections for a free Philippines
If it’s good for the United Nations, it ought to be good for the Philippines.
After all criticism thrown at Smartmatic and Smarmatic-TIM, its international reputation doesn’t seem to be suffering one bit. Other countries continue to trust the company whose aim is to provide “technology for all”.
In this latest bit of news, the Republic of [...]
Bathsheba 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 instructions. I’m 58, yes, but why would it be difficult for me?” she said after participating in a mock election conducted by GMA News at SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City.
It is rather funny that the groups who were needling Smartmatic-TIM at every stage implementing poll automation have fallen silent these days.
They kept badgering Comelec and Smartmatic-TIM for the source code, but when it was made available, these guys didn’t even apply to get a copy of the source code.
Anyway, last Friday (February 26, 2010) it was announced that all of the Smartmatic-TIM machines that will be used in the country’s first ever automated polls was arriving two days before the February 28 deadline.
DJ Mo Twister shows people how to vote using an automated election machine
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.
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