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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hindi maliit na bagay ang pagpapalit ng ‘hash code’ ng Smartmatic official na si Marlon Garcia sa transparency server ng Commission on Elections (Comelec). Ito ang binigyang diin ni Rodolfo Javellana Jr., ng grupong Mata sa Balota Movement kasunod ng isinampa nilang kasong electoral sabotage sa Ombudsman. Iginiit ni Javellana na ang ginawa ni Garcia ay nakaapekto sa integridad at kredibilidad ng eleksyon. Bukod kay Garcia, sinampahan din ng katulad […]
An election watchdog group filed an electoral sabotage rap against the Commission on Elections, Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting and poll service provider Smartmatic at the Office of the Ombudsman. Mata sa Balota Movement (MBM) filed the complaint. It said the respondents violated the automated election law, after the Smartmatic altered the script, which resulted to a change in the hash code of the poll body’s transparency server. Named as respondents in the complaint […]
(Eagle News) — Tiniyak ng Smartmatic na hindi aalis ng bansa ang mga opisyal nito habang isasagawa ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) ang kanilang imbestigasyon. Kaugnay ito ng breach of protocol ng Smartmatic dahil sa walang pahintulot na pagbago sa character ng script sa transparency server. Ayon kay Atty. Karen Jimeno, nakahanda aniyang humarap sa imbestigasyon ang kanilang mga tauhan bagaman muling iginiit ng kumpanya na nabago lamang ang character sa hash code nang ilagay […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Commissioner Rowena Guanzon passed a memorandum to the Commission on Elections en banc as well as to the proposed investigation committee to write SMARTMATIC and to not allow the personnel of the poll-technology provider to leave the country during the investigation. This is in response to the unauthorized revision of the script of the hash code of the transparency server done by SMARTMATIC which, in turn, raised questions regarding the integrity […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – SMARTMATIC cleared through its spokesperson, Atty. Karen Jimeno, that the Commission on Elections now has jurisdiction over the vote-counting machines, ballots and other election paraphernalia after the turn-over of said equipment and materials even before the delivery of the same. SMARTMATIC made the clarification in order to direct all complaints to the COMELEC regarding delayed delivery and others. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, […]
MANILA, Philippines – According to SMARTMATIC, 85% of the polling precincts will make use of three SIM cads given by major telecommunication companies in order to transmit votes during the 2016 election. SMARTMATIC added that it was the Commission on Elections that made said decision due to the limited budget as well as the prohibitive cost of satellite transmissions. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith […]
MANILA, Philippines — Smartmatic warns against the possibility of failure of elections due to the decision of the Supreme Court ordering the Commission on Election to issue voting receipts. Smartmatic added that the upgrading of vote counting machines may reach two months. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines – According to the Commission on Elections, the source code of the software to be used in the 2016 National Elections is difficult to hack. COMELEC added that SMARTMATIC installed sufficient security measures making it hard for outsiders to hack said system to use it for electoral fraud. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
According to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), they awarded the Php 558 million contract to buy the electronic results transmission services to Smartmatic, adding that the said company was the lowest bidder as well as the most technically capable of the companies that joined the bidding. According to the project’s terms of reference, Smartmatic must complete the transmission of the elections result within 24 hours after the close of the election in the clustered precincts. […]
MANILA, Sept. 1 — Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Andy Bautista today revealed that while the Commission will certainly bid out the refurbishment and upgrade of the existing 82,000 precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines for the 2019 mid-term elections, it is still looking at the possibility of refurbishing some of these equipment to augment the new machines it will lease for the May 2016 elections. Though the Comelec has signed a lease agreement with Smartmatic for the use of […]
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 – According to Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is mandated by the Constitution to conduct elections. He added that the COMELEC is obligated by law to provide for an automated election. He further said that it is the responsibility of the COMELEC to do what it can to fulfill its obligations despite the Supreme Court (SC) decision voiding the deal between COMELEC and Smartmatic regarding the repair of the […]
