VOTERS’ EDUCATION PROGRAM

2010 NATIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS

Rep. Act No. 9369 – Authorized the COMELEC to use an

Automated Election System

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WHAT IS THE AUTOMATED ELECTION SYSTEM?

A new way of voting,

counting, and transmitting

election results

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WHAT ARE ITS COMPONENTS?

(Precinct Count Optical Scan)

Scans votes

Counts/ transmits votes automatically

Works only in assigned clustered precincts

Stores info on precinct’s city, school or site of polling place and no. of voters

Only accepts pre-determined no. of voters

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WHAT IS THE PCOS MACHINE?

320,000 precincts nationwide (Total registered voters – 50.7M) 75,500 “clustered” precincts

(1 PCOS machine per clustered precinct) 82,200 machines (6,700 are backups) 1,000 voters maximum per clustered precinct

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THE PRECINCT

http://www.comelec.gov.ph/precinctfinder/precinctfinder.aspx

WHAT TO DO BEFORE ACTUAL VOTING?

Automatically counts votes and

updates no. of voters

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Each ballot bar-coded

Digitally reads or scans and saves the ballot

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OPTICAL SCAN

Feeder – accepts ballot faced down or upside down

Touch Screen – similar to ATM

a) Interface menu – indicates no. of voters and if voting was successful

b) Menu commands: - opens and closes election- Prints results- transmits results

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PARTS OF THE PCOS MACHINE

Feeder and Touch Screen

Feeder

Touch screen

Battery • PCOS machine powered by electricity • equipped with battery • lasting 12-16 hrs

Thermal Printer - prints election results • Paper - good for 5 years

Security Key • Activates machine w/ passwords • Turns on/off the machine

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OTHER FEATURES OF PCOS

Each ballot has different bar code

Machine only accepts a range of bar-codes specific to a clustered precinct

Machine invalidates ballot from another precinct

Once machine has scanned a ballot, it cannot read fake ballot even if same bar code pen

THE BALLOT

Only marking pens provided by

Board of Election Inspectors can be used

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MARKING PENS

Transparent - Windows big enough to see ballots dropping but not enough to see votes cast

Two Divisions - • 1 for valid ballots• 1 for invalid ballots

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THE BALLOT BOX

Look for your name in the PCVL(Posted Computerized Voters List)

posted near door of voting center.

Note your precinct and sequence no.

Give to BEI sequence no., name and address

After verification of your registered name from EDCVL (Election Day Computerized Voters List), present your valid ID

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WHAT TO DO BEFORE ACTUAL VOTING?

After proper ID, get ballot

With marking pen, fill out ballot by shading oval completely.

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HOW TO VOTE USING THE AUTOMATED ELECTION SYSTEM

SHADING THE OVAL

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Shade oval completely

• Machine reads only if oval is shaded at least 50%

Do not “over-vote” – Ex: 13 Senators

“Under-voting“ - (11 senators) will be accepted

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THINGS TO REMEMBER WHILE VOTING

POSITIONS TO VOTE FORPOSITION NUMBER President 1Vice-President 1Senators 12Party-List 1Congressman 1Mayor 1Vice-Mayor 1Councilors 8TOTAL 26

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SAMPLE ONLY

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Insert ballot on feeder of machine

Wait for confirmation message: “Thank you for your voting” Have your forefinger marked with indelible ink

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FEEDING BALLOT ON MACHINE

WHAT TO BRING

Valid ID - voter’s ID, driver’s license or passport

List of candidates you will vote for; “Kodigos” are allowed

Don’t bring cellular phones and cameras

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7 am to 6 pm

At 6 p.m., voters within 30 m. of polling area can vote

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THE VOTING HOURS

Registered voters appearing in the

(PCVL) Posted Computerized Voters List or

EDCVL (Election day Computerized Voters List)

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WHO ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE?

What Automation Can Eliminate:oMisreading of ballotsoUnreadable handwritingoError

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oFraudoManufactured election returnsoTampering of election result

What Automation Cannot Prevent:

oVote-buyingoCoercionoIntimidationoTerrorism

Above can be addressed by vigilance of citizenry

HOW IMPORTANT IS YOUR ONE VOTE?

•1649 - 1 vote literally cost King Charles I of England his head. The vote to behead him was 67 against and 68 for.• 1776 - 1 vote gave America the English language instead of German•1867 - Alaska purchase ratified by 1 vote, paving way for annexation in 1958• 2000- US Pres. election decided by narrow margin. Bush won Florida by 537 votes out of 6M voters. Not 1 vote, but certainly every vote counted. • 2010 (Local) - Congressional election (2007)protest in Taguig , Angelito Reyes won by 37 votes vs. Henry Duenas.

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SINO ANG DAPAT IBOTO

•MAY TAKOT SA DIYOS•MAY MALASAKIT AT PAGMAMAHAL SA BAYAN

•MAY KAKAYAHANG MAMUNO•MAGALING MAMAHALA SA SARILING PAMILYA

•MAY INTEGRIDAD•MASIPAG•MATUWID

•HINDI SAKIM•TINUTUPAD ANG SINASABI

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10 COMMANDMENTS FOR RESPONSIBLE VOTING

1Thou shalt vote according to the

dictate of your conscience..

2Thou shalt respect the decision

of others in choosing their candidates.

3 Thou shalt seek to know the

moral integrity, capabilities and other personal qualities of the candidates you will vote for.

4Thou shalt strive to understand

the issues, platform and programs of candidates and parties seeking your vote.

5Thou shalt not sell your vote.

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6Thou shalt not vote for candidates using guns,

goons and gold.

7Thou shalt not vote for

candidates with records of graft & corruption, and human rights violation.

8Thou shalt not vote for

candidates just because of “utang na loob”, personal appearance, popularity, or

pakikisama.

9Thou shalt not vote for

candidates living an immoral life.

10 Thou shalt put the welfare of

the country above all else in choosing the candidate

you will vote for.

A national, parish-based political but non-partisan citizen’s movement for:

Clean Honest Accurate Meaningful Peaceful Elections