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    Default Comelec to tap 80,000 IT people for 2010 elections


    Comelec to tap 80,000 IT people for 2010 elections
    GMANews.TV
    GMANews.TV - Friday, July 10




    MANILA, Philippines — With the obstacles to poll automation for the 2010 elections almost all cleared, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is now looking for information technology (IT) people to handle the voting machines.

    Comelec Commissioner Rene Sarmiento on Thursday said at least 80,000 IT personnel are needed to assist board of elections inspectors (BEIs) in the forthcoming polls.

    RELATED LINKS» Smartmatic Backgrounder» Report/ Recommendation on the 2010 Automation Elections Project Procurement» Comelec to trim down polling precincts by 70%Anticipating the possibility that not enough public school teachers would be able to fill the required staff, the Comelec plans to tap IT personnel from various government agencies.

    Should that still not be enough, the Comelec might tap the private sector, Sarmiento said.

    He explained that the Comelec is allowed to tap IT-capable persons to be present in each precinct during Election Day.

    Only those accredited by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) would be tapped, he added. Sarmiento said the mechanics of tapping IT people will be up for discussion at the Comelec very soon.

    With the signing of a contract designating Smartmatic and Total Information Management (TIM) as the automation partner of the Comelec for the May 2010 elections, the poll body said it will go ahead with the clustering of the 250,000 precincts used in the 2007 polls to reduce these down to only 80,000 precincts.

    Under the P7.2 million contract, Smartmatic and TIM will supply the 82,500 voting machines for the 2010 elections, with 2,500 machines serving as backup. One precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machine is to cover about 1,000 voters.

    Aside from the reduced number of precincts, the number of personnel manning the precincts will also be significantly reduced.

    In the 2007 elections, the Comelec had to tap private school teachers to serve as members of the BEIs due to lack of public school teachers.

    Records of the Department of Education (DepEd) showed that it had only 500,000 teachers during that most recent election, short of the 750,000 teachers required to serve as election inspectors. While Smartmatic Corp and TIM have promised to send their own computer technicians to manage the voting machines, the Comelec said such technicians won’t be allowed inside polling precincts.

    Sarmiento said the law is specifically states that only BEI members and the IT-capable person are allowed inside polling precincts. - GMANews.TV


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    For as long as they can count the votes properly, they can hire 80,000 people.

    As they have promised, it will be just be three days before they can announce winners. I'd like to think such assurance will be welcoming to the people. Instead of waiting for a month, we will be expecting winners only for three days. By now, we can expect more efficiency in our elections.

    The doubt as to the possibility of hacking the election should not be put in the negative light. Instead of simply disregarding the automated polls as a whole, we should just be vigilant about it.

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    Kinsa kaha ang mga IT's nga kuhaon ana noh... apil ba kaha ko ana..hehe

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    btw sa asa kha ta pwde mo apply if incase mag hire cla..

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    very possible, great plans but still open for many objections

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    For a change let the young IT professionals get involved in this historical democratic process called the automated elections. The teachers have handled the manual polls, it's about time another bunch of professionals help the poll body conduct the elections. The IT professionals are fit for the job and will really be useful for this event.

    I think the automated polls is achievable after the issues between TIM and Smartmatic have been resolved. Hopefully no similar problem occurs in the future as the election comes nearer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by baby_grace View Post
    For a change let the young IT professionals get involved in this historical democratic process called the automated elections. The teachers have handled the manual polls, it's about time another bunch of professionals help the poll body conduct the elections. The IT professionals are fit for the job and will really be useful for this event.

    I think the automated polls is achievable after the issues between TIM and Smartmatic have been resolved. Hopefully no similar problem occurs in the future as the election comes nearer.
    Agree. Before, I was one of the applicants when the city government hires computer volunteers for the proposed automated election system last May 2004 elections but it wasn't pushed through. Hope this will realized this time as much we should get involved on the first automated electoral system in the Philippines. That's history!

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    I'm very much interested if they will hire IT people for this.

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    diba gi basura naman ang plan for the automation?

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    IT profs are expensive

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