VOTERS’ EDUCATION PROGRAM

Presented by:
Romeo Bordallo – PPCRV Coordinator /PCJ
Mon Marchan – PPCRV Volunteer
 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
thru computerized machine.
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WHAT ARE ITS COMPONENTS?
 WHAT IS THE PCOS MACHINE?
(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
 Invalidates ballot that exceeds limit
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 THE PRECINCT

 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-LOCAL PROFILE

308,460 voters

1,720 Precincts
340 Clustered Precincts
44 Voting Centers
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Voting Center # of Voters Clustered Precincts
Phase 3 11,726 13
Masville 9,263 10
Sampaloc 8,657 10
Phase 1 6,886 7
Sta. Rita 2,613 4
Tahanan 2,168 3
Fire Station 2,072 3
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http://www.comelec.gov.ph/precinctfinder/precinctfinder.aspx
WHAT TO DO BEFORE
ACTUAL VOTING?
 COUNT

Automatically counts votes and

updates no. of voters

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 OPTICAL SCAN

 Each ballot bar-coded

Digitally reads or scans and saves the ballot

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 PARTS OF THE PCOS MACHINE
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
Feed&Touch
 Feeder and Touch Screen

Feeder

Touch
screen
 OTHER FEATURES OF PCOS
 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
 THE BALLOT

 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
 MARKING PENS

Only marking pens provided by

Board of Election Inspectors can be used

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 THE BALLOT BOX

 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
(e.g. – improperly marked ballots)
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 WHAT TO DO BEFORE
ACTUAL VOTING?
 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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 HOW TO VOTE USING THE
AUTOMATED ELECTION SYSTEM

 After proper ID, get ballot

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

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 SHADING THE OVAL

 X
 THINGS TO REMEMBER
WHILE VOTING
 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
Avoid creasing or folding ballot
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POSITIONS TO VOTE FOR
POSITION NUMBER
President 1
Vice-President 1
Senators 12
Party-List 1
Congressman 1
Mayor 1
Vice-Mayor 1
Councilors 8
TOTAL 26
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 FEEDING BALLOT ON MACHINE

 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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 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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 THE VOTING HOURS

7 am to 6 pm

At 6 p.m., voters within 30 m.

of polling area can vote
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 WHO ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE?

Registered voters appearing in the

(PCVL) Posted Computerized Voters List or

EDCVL (Election day Computerized Voters List)

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What Automation Can Eliminate:
oMisreading of ballots
oUnreadable handwriting
oError
Honest
Deliberate
oFraud
oManufactured election returns
oTampering of election result
 What Automation Cannot
Prevent:
oVote-buying
oCoercion
oIntimidation
oTerrorism
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.
 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
•WALANG PINAPANIGAN
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 10 COMMANDMENTS FOR
RESPONSIBLE VOTING

1
Thou shalt vote according to the
dictate of your conscience..
 2
Thou 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.
 4
Thou shalt strive to understand
the issues, platform and
programs of candidates and
parties seeking your vote.
 5
Thou shalt not sell your vote.
.

6
Thou shalt not vote for
candidates using guns,
goons and gold.
 7
Thou shalt not vote for
candidates with records of
graft & corruption, and
human rights violation.
 8
Thou shalt not vote for
candidates just because of
“utang na loob”, personal
appearance, popularity, or
pakikisama.
 9
Thou 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.
6. Thou shalt not vote for candidates
.

using guns, goons and gold.

7. Thou shalt not vote for candidates with
records of graft & corruption, and
human rights violation.
8. Thou shalt not vote for candidates just
because of “utang na loob”, personal
appearance, popularity, or pakikisama.
9. Thou 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