Thursday, April 15, 2010

How to Vote in May 10, 2010 Automated Election

Do you already know who are you going to vote for the May 2010 election? But most importantly, do you already know How to Vote in May 10, 2010 Automated Election?

This will be the first time ever in the history of the Philippine voting that the election will be done via Automated Election. This is not the first in the world! Other countries are already doing this kind of voting long time ago.

First watch these videos on How to Vote in the May 10, 2010 Automated Election



Here's another video (not animated)



Step 1- Go to your precinct on May 10

There will be about 37,062 voting centers and 74,427 clustered precincts. Each clustered precinct will have one Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machine, each of which can supposedly accommodate up to 1,000 voters. Read on How to find online your precint before election day.

Upon arriving at the precinct, a voter should look for his or her name at the Posted Computerized Voters List (PCVL) near the door of the voting center to determine his or her precinct number and sequence number. The voter will be instructed to give these pieces of information to the Bureau of Election Inspector (BEI) together with other personal information.

Make sure you bring your voter’s ID with you. If you don’t have one yet, bring any valid ID along with your registration stub.

STEP 2- Get your identity verified

After his or her identity is verified, the name of the voter will be read out loud to give chance for any contention. If uncontested, he or she will be given a ballot by the BEI chairman – only upon ensuring that the said voter has yet to cast his or her vote in another precinct.

STEP 3- How to use your ballot

Take a look on how the ballot looks like first. Click Here.

Listen to the BEI's instruction on how to fill the ballot. The voter will be instructed to fill out his or her ballot using a secrecy folder and a marking pen provided by the Comelec. He or she must fill out the ballot by fully shading at least 50 percent of the oval beside the names of the candidates and party-list group of his or her choice. View sample ballot

1. Every voter gets only ONE ballot. No replacement ballots will be given to voters who make a mistake.
2. Make sure the ballot you receive has no marks and is otherwise clean.
3. Each ballot comes with the name of the candidates. To the left of the candidates are ovals. Simply shade the oval next to the name of the chosen candidate.
4. The oval must be shaded COMPLETELY. Ballots with check marks, x marks, partially shaded ovals, and other marks will be regected.
5. Do not over-vote (e.g. vote two candidates for the position of President) because this will invalidate your votes for the position (but not the whole ballot).
6. You can bring a sheet of your chosen candidates with you when you vote.

HOW TO ACCOMPLISH THE BALLOT
1. The voter shall, using a ballot secrecy folder and the marking pen provided by the Comelec, fill his ballot by fullv shadinq the oval beside the names of the candidates and political party participating in the party list system of representation of his choice.
2. The voter shall then approach the PC0S;insert his ballot in the ballot entry slot and wait until the ballot is dropped into the ballot box.
The BEI shall monitor the PCOS screen to make sure that the ballot was successfully accepted.
Thereafter, the voter shall return the ballot secrecy folder and marking pen to the chairman.
3. The chairman shall apply indelible ink at the base and extending to the cuticle of the right forefinger nail of the voter, or any other nail if there be no forefinger nail.
4. The voter shall affix his thumbmark on the corresponding space in the election day computerized voters list or EDCVL.
5. The voter shall then leave the polling place.

Source: Section 35 of Comelec Resolution No. 8739


STEP 4- Feed your ballot to the PCOS

Get to Know the Automated Election Machine Click Here

PCOS stands for Precinct Count Optical Scan. This is a paper-based technology that contains pre-programmed information on the location, number of voters, etc. Each precinct will have one PCOS. Voters themselves feed their ballot into the machine. The machine will scan both sides of the ballot and will reject invalid ballots that are fake, photocopied, or have been previously inserted.

Once you have accomplished your ballot, feed the ballot into the PCOS. Every voter must personally feed his or her ballot into the machine. Wait for the confirmation message to appear on the screen.

Wait until the ballot is dropped into the semi-transparent ballot box. If the ballot is rejected, the BEI will allow for another re-entry, but if rejected again, the voter will not be issued a replacement ballot.

The voter should return the secrecy folder and marking pen to the BEI chairman.


STEP 5 Go to the BEI for indelible inking

The BEI chairman will in turn apply indelible ink at the base and extend it to the cuticle of the right forefinger nail of the voter, who will then be instructed to affix his or her thumbmark in the space in the Election Day Computerized Voters List (EDCVL).

And that's it. That's how easy it is. Watch the video's again so that you would be familiarize in the process.

Be a Good Citizen of the Philippines and Help keep Philippine Elections clean

Philippine elections are characterized by vote-buying, intimidation, coercion, and terrorism. With many voters casting ballots with illegible handwriting and a procedure with weak security, it's easy to tamper election results and commit fraud. Hopefully the new automated system will eliminate all of these. It also helps if voters remain vigilant, cooperative, and coordinated during Election Day. Vote wisely. Choose your candidate based on coherent platform, character and competency. If you are still an undecided voter, make a choice now using this guide to selecting the candidate to vote for president.




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