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Poll automation, hah?! Ano iyon?

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 [...]

Lack of voter ed causes Ireland to scrap poll automation

High costs were one concern—finishing the project would take another €28 million. But what doomed the effort was a lack of trust: the electorate just didn’t like that the machines would record their votes as mere electronic blips, with no tangible record.