Automated Election Lecture
Automated Election Lecture
MANUAL AUTOMATED
Polling precinct 200 voters per precinct Approximately 800-1000 voters
per clustered precinct
Ballot Had blanks where voters write 20-24 inches long
down the names of selected Up to 600 names on the front and
candidates back
Ballots can be used Oval printed beside the name of
interchangeably candidates
Precinct-specific and bar coded
Voting Period 7:00 – 3:00 PM 7:00 – 5:00 pm
•Precinct •Congress
•Comelec
Electronic Transmission
Election returns brought to Central COMELEC Server, Back-up Server, Citizens Arm,
KBP, PPCRV, M/CBC/PBC/NBC
92,509 vote counting machines
RE-BRANDING OF COMELEC
- Away from the image of “dayaan”
- Bumoto nang tama – pinag-aralan, pinag-isipan
- Ministerial job of COMELEC
1. Credible Elections
Credible elections = should not only be honest + but also perceived to be honest
Clean, honestly, orderly, peaceful and free elections
Elections are the soul of a democracy
Anong uri ng kandidato meron sa Pilipinas?
o Nanalo
o Nadaya
First time that people concede
o Brings down political tensions; this should not just happen in the national
level, but also to the local positions