No automated polls for 2010

Total Information Management Corp (TIM) backed out of the partnership with SmartMatic.

So, no more poll automation for 2010.

Voter registration in Marikina City

Visited the Comelec office in Marikina City.

Voter registration here seems to be going smoothly. Wilth all reminders posted for everyone to see.

Easy Voter’s Registration

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) promises voter-registrants that the registration process will be hassle free.

First, the Comelec extended the registration days until Saturdays and during holidays. To give time for the Job swamped registrants to register.

Next, some Comelec branches, like in Caloocan,  have developed a faster registration process for  the elederly, pregnant women, and disabled registrants.  

Lastly, Comelec aslo extended the registration period, from October 31, 2009 until December 15, 2009.  A move that would likely make last minute registrants happy. Coz instead of going to comelec on October 29, 30, and 31… they’d flock comelec offices on December 13, 14 and 15. And then complain of the slow processing of the comelec. That’s the pinoy voter.

Deleted Absentee Voters

If you are an Absentee Voter, check with comelec if your name has been deleted from the voters list.

 Check here

2008 ARMM Elections will be automated

The Commission on Elections en banc has ordered the full automation of the 2008 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

COMELEC Resolution No. 8415, dated 06 February 2008, called for the use of automated election systems based on two different kinds of technology: Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) technology in the province of Maguindanao and Optical Mark Reader (OMR) technology for the rest of the region. DRE allows voting through a touch-screen or touch-pad, while OMR requires voters to fill up a paper ballot which is then counted with a specially designed machine.

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