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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Commission on Election Chairman Andres Bautista said that 800 units of Precinct Count Optical Scan or PCOS machines used in the 2010 and 2013 elections were found defective out of 8000 machines tested. “I heard that about 8 to 10 percent have defects. Of the more than 80,000 machines, 10 percent have already been diagnosed. That is about 8,000 units,” he said. However, Bautista said that they already asked […]
MANILA, Philippines, June 30 (Eagle News) — SMARTMATIC withdrew from the bidding regarding the refurbishment of the precinct count optical scan machines after the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) cut the allotted budget. The COMELEC declared a failure in bidding regarding the refurbishment of precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/1X0f397DV_Y
MANILA, Philippines – Ex-Chairman of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Sixto Brillantes Jr., suggested that the COMELEC should resort to alternative procurement methods for the repair of the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines after the Supreme Court (SC) voided the contract between the said Commission and Smartmatic. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
The Commission on Election assured the public that the precinct count optical scan or PCOS machines will last for 25 years, after the Department of Budget and Management rejected their plan to buy new machines. Instead, the COMELEC opted to have their existing machines repaired by SMARTMATIC. [three_fourth]
