The Commission on Elections will use optical mark reader (OMR) machines in the 2010 national and local elections, Comelec Chairman Jose Melo said yesterday.
Melo noted the Comelec has decided to drop direct recording electronics (DRE) and other poll computerization technologies upon the recommendation of the multi-sector Advisory Council on Poll Automation.
“It will be OMR, officially. Even the IFES was saying that OMR is more transparent,” he claimed, referring to International Foundation for Electoral system, a Washington-based election assistance organization.
Melo added that even in developed countries like the United States, OMR is much favored than DRE because of the paper trail.
According to Comelec Commissioner Rene Sarmiento, the primary concern in choosing OMR over DRE is that the former has “paper trail or paper audit.”
“Budget is only secondary. Our foremost consideration is the paper trail, the proof (of voting),” Sarmiento said.
In OMR, the names of candidates are printed on a paper and voters choose their candidates by shading with pencil the corresponding ovals.
But in DRE, voters tap the name and photograph of their candidates on a computerized screen. The votes will then be counted and canvassed automatically.–Sheila Crisostomo, Philippine Star
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
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Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
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Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
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Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
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First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
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