Understanding Poll Automation, Voting Procedures, and Preparations

 50,723,734 registered voters ◦ Special Registration Dates: December and 28-29, 2009 ◦ January 09, 2010 last ERB Hearing  80 Provinces  119 cities  1,515 municipalities  37, 226 Voting Centers  329, 389 Established Precincts  76,340 Clustered Precincts  82,200 PCOS Machines ◦ 5,980 spare PCOS S t a t i s t i c s:

POSITIONNUMBER TO BE ELECTED NATIONWIDE PRESIDENT1 VICE-PRESIDENT1 SENATORS12 MEMBER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES230 GOVERNOR80 VICE-GOVERNOR80 MEMBER, SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN766 CITY MAYOR137 CITY VICE-MAYOR137 MEMBER, SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD1,524 MUNICIPAL MAYOR1,497 MUNICIPAL VICE-MAYOR1,497 MEMBER, SANGGUNIANG BAYAN11,980 statistics

 Before voting starts ◦ show that translucent ballot box is empty ◦ turn on and initialize PCOS ◦ print Initialization “Zero” Report  To show that there is no entry/vote in machine’s memory  Voting starts at 7:00 am and ends at 6:00 pm  Precinct set up ◦ At least 10 voters can cast ballot at only one time V o t i n g :

 Pre-printed names of candidates  300/600 candidates can be accommodated ◦ 150/300 names per side of ballot  Precinct-specific ◦ Ensure rejection of previously scanned ballot  Color- coded  Candidates are numbered Official ballots :

official ballots  Pre-printed names of candidates  266 national candidates ◦ One side of ballot  President -10  Vice Pres - 8  Senator - 61  Party List  Precinct-specific ◦ Ensure rejection of previously scanned ballot

Ovals opposite names of candidate Shade oval opposite name of chosen candidate

 One unit per clustered precinct  Voter personally feeds ballot into machine  Ballot can be fed in any orientation  Ballot scanned both sides simultaneously  Digital ballot image  Election returns printed directly by PCOS PCOS (precinct count optical scan) :

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2. GO TO VOTING AREA 3. VOTE THEN GO TO PCOS 1. GET BALLOT 4. GET INKED VOTING HOURS: 7AM-6PM At least 10 people can vote at the same time 5. EXIT

1 Tiyakin na ang pangalan mo ay nasa listahan ng mga botante sa presinto kung saan ka boboto. Dalawang linggo bago ang halalan, tungkulin ng Board of Election Inspectors na ilagay ang listahan ng mga botante sa bawat presinto. Ilalagay sa website ng COMELEC ang mga pangalan ng botante. (be sure to check your name in the list of voters that will be printed in the precinct where you will vote. It is the responsibility of the Board of Election Inspectors to post the final list of voters in each precinct. List of voter’s will be posted in the COMELEC website.)

Sa araw ng halalan, magpakilala sa Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) sa presinto kung saan kayo nakarehistro. Matapos mapatunayan ang inyong pagkakilanlan, bibigyan kayo ng balota na may mga pangalan na ng mga kandidato. (On the day of election, present your ID to the BEI in your assigned precinct. Upon verifying your identity, BEI will give you a ballot containing the list of candidates in various vacant elective positions.) 2

establishing identity of voter  LIST OF VOTERS WITH VOTING RECORDS ◦ Photograph

establishing identity of voter  If identity cannot be established through photograph ◦ Compare signatures  Use Book of Voters  Contains applications for registration  Includes specimen signature of voter ◦ Other methods to challenge identity

Paraan ng Pagboto (Voting Process) Gamit ang marker, itiman o i- shade ng buo ang bilog na nasa tabi ng pangalan ng inyong mga napiling kandidato. (Using a COMELEC provided marker, shade the entire circle corresponding to your choice of candidate) 3

 Tamang Paraan ng Pag-shade sa balota. (Correct way of shading a ballot)   |   Okay! 

Paraan ng Pagboto (Voting Process) 4 Pagka tapos bumoto i-feed ang nasagutang balota sa Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) Machine. Ang balota ay didiretso sa translusent ballot box. (After filling up the ballot, feed the form to the PCOS machine. The ballot will go straight to a translusent ballot box)

pcos (precinct count optical scan) Ballots go in here … … ballots get dropped into the ballot box thru this chute … … digital photograph of ballots taken …

 At close of polls ◦ Perform close function  To prevent additional ballots from being inserted ◦ After close function, PCOS automatically  Starts counting process  Prints election returns after completion of automated count  Eight (8) copies Counting :

 Insert transmission cable ◦ After printing first eight (8) copies of ER  To eliminate doubts that the PCOS can be manipulated remotely  Perform electronic transmission function  Print additional twenty-two (22) copies of ER ◦ Automatically performed by PCOS after completion of transmission Counting :

 Electronically transmitted results ◦ Used as basis for canvassing/consolidation and proclamation of winning candidates for  City/municipal officials  Provincial officials  Members, House of Representatives  Senators and Party-list ◦ Congress will also receive electronically transmitted results  Constitution authorizes the Congress to promulgate rules for canvassing of results for President and Vice-President Canvassing/Consolidation:

 Audit Log ◦ Activities ◦ Time ◦ Date security

Server for Dominant Majority/Minority Parties, Citizens Arm, KBP Advance Results Comelec Central Back-up Server Advance Results/ Monitoring PROVINCIAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS NATIONAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS MUNICIPAL / CITY BOARD OF CANVASSERS Precinct COMELEC CONGRESS Secured Public Website Prov. COC SOVM/C ELECTION RETURNS 30Election Returns in all Built-In Multiple Redundancies 30Election Returns in all Built-In Multiple Redundancies Mun./City COC SOVP

Types of Systems Breakdown  Fails to scan  Able to scan but fails to print ER  Able to print ER but fails to transmit  Able to transmit but fails to consolidate 3434

Fails to scan Use spare PCOS Use PCOS of another precinct  Wait for other PCOS to complete process in its precinct  Get PCOS and reconfigure for next precinct  Scan ballots If all PCOS fail  Manual counting 3535

Able to scan but fails to print ER Use spare PCOS Use PCOS of another precinct  Wait for other PCOS to complete process in its precinct  Get PCOS and reconfigure for next precinct  Use removable storage device of defective PCOS and let replacement PCOS print ER If all PCOS fail  Manual counting 3636

Able to print ER but fails to transmit Go to nearest precinct or polling center which has a functioning transmission facility Use removable storage device of defective PCOS and let the functioning facility transmit precinct results If all transmission facilities bog down  Physically transport PCOS & removable storage device to canvassing site  In the presence of watchers and security escorts 3737

Able to transmit but fails to consolidate Use consolidation/canvassing system (CCS) of another municipality/province Use the removable storage device and let functioning CCS consolidate the results Provide back-up canvassing through the Central Server  Print results and send the same to affected board of canvassers  Print results and constitute special board of canvassers to take the place of the affected board 3838