Tag: VCM

Historic May 2022 elections with fastest vote transmission: Marcos’ lead widens as he gets over 31M votes

Marcos Jr’s lead over rival Robredo hits over 16M votes based on partial and unofficial count of over 98% of votes cast   (Eagle News) – The May 2022 elections is historic with the fastest vote transmission and could prove to be the national elections with the highest voter turnout since 2010, reflecting how the majority of the voters endured long lines and waited patiently to cast their vote, the Commission on Elections said. The […]

DICT complies with Duterte’s directive, to provide options to Comelec so it could replace Smartmatic

  (Eagle News) – The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is now looking for options for automated elections technology providers that could be presented to the Commission on Elections as an alternative to the controversial Smartmatic technology. Information and Communications Technology Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr., said that his department is now complying with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to look for an alternative to Smartmatic which the President wants to be replaced for the […]

Palace to public: Be vigilant as counting of votes starts

(Eagle News)—The Palace on Monday, May 13, called on the public to be “on guard” and “vigilant” as counting of the votes begins. “The electoral fraud comes when the voters do not participate or involve themselves after they cast their votes,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. He said the public should not allow “those who seek to destroy our democratic process and trample our sacred votes have their way,” as he expressed hope the results […]

JUST IN: Duterte casts his vote in Davao polling precinct

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte  cast his vote at his precinct in Davao on Monday, May 13. The President, who was accompanied by Honeylet Avanceña, arrived at the Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School past 4 p.m. He  filled out  his ballot at Precinct 1245A, Cluster Number 361, and inserted the same into the vote-counting machine. The VCM readily accepted the President’s ballot. Duterte has endorsed several candidates for the elections, including his longtime aide Bong […]

Some 400 to 600 vote counting machines reported to have malfunctioned, says Comelec

  (Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections said that around 400 to 600 vote counting machines had problems out of the around 85,000 machines being used for the May 13, 2019 midterm elections. In a press briefing, Comelec said that the ballot machines which were defective had to be replaced. “We understand that the perception is that there are a lot of VCMs that have malfunctioned. Right now, I can tell you that the […]

Kampo ni Bongbong Marcos, nais malaman ang nilalaman ng ‘unused’ sd cards

Dumulog muli sa Korte Suprema na umuupo bilang Presidential Electoral Tribunal ang kampo ni dating Senador Bongbong Marcos para malaman ang nilalaman ng mga sinasabing ‘unused’ sd cards nitong 2016 elections. Sa anim na pahinang manifestation sa PET na inihain ng abogado ni Marcos na si George Garcia, hiniling nila na atasan ng tribunal ang COMELEC na bigyan sila ng kopya ng resulta ng decryption sa mga sinasabing hindi nagamit na sd cards noong halalan. […]

No areas declared failure of election – COMELEC

MANILA, May 10  — Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chair Andres Bautista said there are no areas that declared failure of election this 2016 National Elections. In a briefing at the National Canvassing Center at Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), Bautista mentioned there have been reports that wrong ballots were sent in polling centers in Cebu. “There have been reports, for example in Cordova, Cebu, wherein ballots were sent there were wrong ballots and we want to […]

Paper jam ballot naranasan sa isang presinto sa Hindang, Leyte

    Ayon kay Dindo Cabaltera, Chairman ng Board of Election Inspector (BEI) ng Hindang National High School,Hindang Leyte, nagkaroon ng Paper Jam Ballot sa isang Vote Counting Machine sa Precint 0012A, 0013A, 0013B at 0014A ng nasabing paaralan. Nangyari ito pagkatapos lang na makaboto ang mga naunang grupo ng mga botante,  

VCM’s in some precincts in New Era Elementary School suffered glitches

The Vote Counting Machines (VCM) in some precincts in New Era Elementary School suffered technical problems. In Precinct 3489A, casting of votes was stopped for over an hour because the VCM won’t accept the ballots. The Commission on Elections sent a technician to check the dysfunctional machine and was operational after 45 minutes of repair. Meanwhile, there were also reports of  a technical glitch in the VCM in Precinct 3468B, Cluster 1648, in the same […]

Dalawang VCM pumalya sa Urdaneta City, Pangasinan

URDANETA City, Pangasinan (Eagle News) — Dalawang vote counting machines o VCM ang naiulat na pumalya sa isinagawang final testing and sealing  sa Urdaneta City, Pangasinan Ang nasabing mga VCM ay galing sa Barangay San Vicente at Barangay Oltama. Ayun kay Election Assistant II Rosalie Ramos,  pinapalitan na ang mga VCM dahil hindi gumagana ang scanner nito, dahilan para hindi tanggapin ng makina ang mga ipinapasok na balota. Dagdag din ni Ramos, aniya ay may tatlo pa […]

Duterte supporters complain of vote machines that count “automatic Roxas votes”

    (EAGLE NEWS) — Supporters of presidential candidate and Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte expressed apprehensions about massive electoral cheating on election day, May 9, as reports about vote-counting machines (VCM) mysteriously counting a vote for administration candidate Manuel “Mar” Roxas II for blank ballots during a machine testing in Lanao del Sur. The group called MRRD-NECC or  Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte National Executive Coordinating Committee said two of their election watchers tried the […]

Comelec to conduct mock elections in 20 cities, municipalities nationwide

MANILA, Feb. 10 (PIA) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to conduct mock elections on 13 February 2016 in 20 cities and municipalities nationwide, in preparation for the 9 May 2016 National and Local Elections. The objective of the mock elections is (1) to test and ensure the adequate security, accuracy, system and functional capability and integrity of the vote counting machines (VCM), transmission devices, and consolidation and canvassing system (CCS); (2) to […]