PRECINCT

COUNT
OPTICAL
SCAN
(PCOS)
RHANDY JAY F. ESPRA
PCOS MACHINE
PCOS Machine and Ballot Box

PCOS

ballot box
PARTS OF PCOS

PRINTER
SECURITY KEY
PORT

FEEDER

MEMORY CARD SLOTS

MENU SCREEN
CONTENTS OF THE PCOS BOX

 PCOS machine;
 Power cord of the PCOS;
 One (1) envelope containing spare iButton;
 Three (3) rolls of official thermal paper;
 Three (3) PINs of the BEI;
 One (1) PIN for re-zeroing which shall remain in
the PCOS box;
 Modem
 Two (2) copies of the Minutes
TESTING
AND
SEALING
At least three (3)
Days Before the
Election
 TESTING AND SEALING (TAS)
PROCEEDINGS:

1. BEI will explain the rationale, methods and

procedures of TAS.

2. BEI will then

remove the seal of the
PCOS Box.
TESTING AND SEALING (TAS)
PROCEEDINGS:
IMPORTANT:
A. The Shrink-wrapper of
the PCOS Machine Must
be intact.

B. The seals of the Printer

Cover, Main Memory Card
slot and the Back-up
memory card slot must not
be tampered.
TESTING AND SEALING (TAS)
PROCEEDINGS:

3. Poll Clerk will record the condition of the

PCOS machine in the minutes before
removing the seal of the Printer Cover
(Memory Card Slots must remain sealed until the conclusion of
the May 10, 2010 elections)
TESTING AND SEALING (TAS)
PROCEEDINGS:
4. PCOS Machine will then be positioned on
top of the Ballot Box.

5. PCOS Machine plugged to power source.

TESTING AND SEALING (TAS)
PROCEEDINGS:
6. BEIs select 10
voters for mock election.

7. Printing of 8
copies of Election
Returns (ER)
TESTING AND SEALING (TAS)
PROCEEDINGS:
8. Transmission of Results to MBOC
9. BEIs tally the results from the Ballots and
shall compare the tally sheets with the
Printed ERs.
10. BEIs sign the ERs, place inside the
envelopes and be submitted to Election
Officer.
Important:
- After the Testing and Sealing
Process the PCOS Ballot Counter indicator
must be set back to zero.
- The transmission port and printer
cover must be resealed.
- Secure the that the Ballot Box is
locked and with the PCOS machine, they will
be resealed.
- Watchers shall record the
serial numbers of the seals used.
ON THE DAY OF THE
ELECTION
ON THE DAY OF THE
ELECTION
Watchers must note the following:

1. The PCOS Machine’s Shrink-wrapper must

be intact.

2. Seals are not tampered and their serial

numbers are the same with those numbers
recorded during the TAS.
ON THE DAY OF THE
ELECTION
Upon the Initialization of the PCOS Machine:
1. BEIs print copies of initialization report
having zero vote tallies for all the
candidates.
2. Initialization report shall contain
geographical information (Province,
Municipality, Barangay, Voting Center and
Clustered Precinct)
PCOS Machine ready to accept ballots:
FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF
PCOS MACHINE PROMPT AFTER FEEDING
YOUR BALLOTS:
1. “Congratulations! Your vote has been
registered.”

2. “AMBIGUOUS MARKS”

3. “MISREAD BALLOTS”

4. “INVALID BALLOTS”
Shutting Down of the PCOS

After the printing of all reports and

transmission of precinct results to all
destinations, the PCOS shall automatically
display the main menu. The operator shall
then press the SHUTDOWN option, and the
PCOS automatically shutdown.
THANK YOU