Elections

MANILA, Philippines –  News reports say the PPCRV has received 70,255 and encoded 43,035 election returns (ERs). Out of these, they found 29 discrepancies, or an average of one in 1,484 ERs (.07% error rate). PPCRV chair Henrietta de Villa was quoted saying, “We can say that the election is clean because the discrepancy is…

SIGNS OF FRAUD FLOOD HOUSE HEARING Automated polls machine supplier Smartmatic admitted yesterday unforeseen errors in the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines on the day of the elections last May 10 primarily on the time stamps on election returns (ERs) that set off sparks flying at yesterday’s House hearing on the reported widespread electronic…

There is no doubt that the PPCRV did a wonderful job as the citizens’ watchdog in the last elections. The dedication and vigilance of its volunteers and members are truly remarkable. Were it not for the PPCRV and various other church and school groups, NGOs and the Filipino people as a whole, the historic first…

An official of the administration party on Wednesday admitted that having a political party machinery was “no longer an advantage” as shown by results of the May 10 fully automated elections, the first in the Philippines and Asia.

MANILA, Philippines – Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and Sen. Francis Escudero hold different views on the proposal of Social Security System (SSS) chairman Romulo Neri to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to use the unified multi-purpose identification cards as voter’s IDs.

MANILA, Philippines – The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) ended its count yesterday, and concluded that although there were discrepancies in the election returns (ERs) that the group tallied, no systematic fraud occurred.

MANILA, Philippines—As tales of fraud multiply, the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) Wednesday reiterated that the nation’s first automated elections on May 10 were credible, saying that it found only minute discrepancies in its validation of election results.

The May l0 elections were neither honest nor peaceful but the Filipino people should be praised for their determination to exercise their voting rights and keep democracy alive, according to a foreign team that for two weeks observed the country’s first automated polls.

MANILA, Philippines – Social Security System (SSS) president Romulo Neri has offered to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) the use of the unified multipurpose identification cards as voter’s IDs.

TATAD CONSIDERS MOVE TO NULLIFY POLL RESULTS The camp of former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada showed documents yesterday which it will use to support allegations of massive electronic fraud in the country’s first automated elections held last May 10 some showing pre-programmed votes that are dated way ahead of election day.

CenPEG: Poll body has no right to tamper with proof for audit purposes What should be part of the body of evidence in an audit, such as Smartmatic’s faulty compact flash cards, has now been tampered with by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) through its destruction of these flash cards.

MANILA, Philippines – Rigging last Monday’s polls was not possible with the automated election system, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday.

Estrada camp, others warn of massive poll fraud Speed there certainly was, in giving out the election returns via the precinct count, but accuracy of the vote count certainly appears to have failed, giving rise to massive electronic poll fraud marking the country’s first automated elections.

MANILA, Philippines – Critics have conceded that the automated election system (AES) used in last Monday’s polls was a success. The Concerned Citizens’ Movement (CCM) of University of the Philippines law professor Harry Roque Jr., one of the groups that earlier opposed the AES before the Supreme Court (SC), admitted that it was “absolutely thrilled…

Had Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile bowed to pressure, especially from some of his colleagues, to elect a new Senate head before the May 10 elections to avert a leadership vacuum in the executive branch, that would have been a futile exercise. The proposed change in the Senate leadership stemmed from fears of a failure…

The automated election system failed to bring change to Lanao del Sur, a traditional warlord and goon country of Mindanao, where violence and a low voter turnout marked Monday’s elections, as they did in the past.

Updating of results suspended Canvassing of election returns (ERs) from some 76,347 clustered precincts cannot proceed after the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday found out that there were some damaged compact flash cards in still unidentified areas.

Disenfranchisement massive as long lines swelled under heat of sun Confusion, irregularities, breakdown of the counting machines, massive disenfranchisement of voters and vote buying marred the country’s first automated polls, with reports of voters having a hard time finding their names in the clustered precincts coupled with the inconvenience of filling up the more than…

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) — Jeepney driver Alberto Dakis didn’t mind that he had to wait for over two hours just to cast his vote for Philippine President. The sweltering heat brought on by the El Nino, the long queues in the polling centers, the misunderstandings over the voting process won’t keep Dakis from practicing his…

MANILA, Philippines – Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer Sen. Benigno Aquino III and Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) vice presidential contender Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay took an early lead in partial unofficial tabulated precinct results last night.

MANILA, Philippines – Foreign investors have adopted a wait-and-see attitude, putting on hold or temporarily withdrawing their investments in the Philippines due to jitters over today’s elections, according to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo.

MANILA, Philippines – All is set for today’s automated elections. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday reported that preparations for the country’s first fully automated elections were 98 percent complete.

MANILA, Philippines—The month-long overseas absentee voting is about to come to an end. Yet, the initial turnout tells of the statistical impossibility of even coming close to a passing percentage. It is a far cry from the government’s confident target of 60 to 70 percent.

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MANILA – Philippines – The number of overseas absentee voters has exceeded the voter turnout of 81,732 in 2007 to 118,053 for this year’s elections.

MANILA, Philippines – It’s a go for Monday’s polls after the Supreme Court (SC) rejected yesterday separate petitions of former President Joseph Estrada and the Concerned Citizens’ Movement (CCM) to suspend automation and shift to a manual counting of votes.

MANILA, Philippines – A total of 364 foreign observers and 159 foreign journalists have registered with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to monitor the country’s first automated polls on Monday.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) is mobilizing 3,664 public school teachers nationwide to do the random manual audit (RMA) at precincts all over the country on Monday, election day.

Election spending should prop up domestic consumption that is crucial in stirring economic growth, according to the 2010 United Nations Economic and Social Survey (UN-ESCAP) Report of Asia and the Pacific stated.

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