Vote miscount? Comelec probes PCOS digital lines The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday, December 12, began its investigation into the issue of digital lines in precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines, following reports that these lines affected the counting of votes during the 2013 midterm elections. The lines reportedly ran through ovals in some ballots, making the machine detect them as shades in the ovals. In turn, these were credited as votes for the names across the affected ovals. A total of 383 clustered precincts all over the country were randomly selected for the probe, following prevailing standards in determining sample size, said Emil Marañon, a member of Comelecs committee on digital lines. Half of the precincts in the sample were selected randomly by a computer program, while the other half were selected manually by accredited observers for transparencys sake, said Marañon, who is also the head executive assistant of Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. Exempted from the sample are clustered precincts that are involved in pending pre-proclamation cases and election protests. Among the observers present on Friday were defeated 2013 senatorial candidate Margarita Tingting Cojuangco, former Biliran Representative Glenn Chong, and former Comelec employee Melchor Magdamo, who recently revived the digital lines issue. rappler/nation/77874-comelec-probe-pcos-digital-lines
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 04:53:09 +0000
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