Automated Election, will it work?
The Government Department of Finance produces 11.9 billion pesos as a supplemental budget for this coming election which will be automated, but the question would be, if the election would be automated, will it really work well? What could be the pros and cons? Can it help change the political status of our country?
First of all, we will have a short background about the automated election.
Based on the Senate Bill No. 2231: (13th Congress) which entitled:
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8436, ENTITLED AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS TO USE AN AUTOMATED ELECTION SYSTEM IN THE MAY 11, 1998 NATIONAL OR LOCAL ELECTIONS AND IN SUBSEQUENT NATIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTORAL EXERCISES, TO ENCOURAGE TRANSPARENCY, CREDIBILITY, FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY OF ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 881, AS AMENDED, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7166 AND OTHER RELATED ELECTIONS LAWS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
On section 2 on the said article defines the automated election system as:A system using appropriate technology for voting, counting, consolidating, canvassing, transmission of election results and other processes in the conduct of electoral exercises.
Equipments or components that are being used for Automated Election:
1.Counting machine - a machine that uses an optical scanning mark-sense reading
2. Data storage device - a device used to electronically store counting and device of any similar advanced technology to count ballots; canvassing results, such as, memory pack or diskette;
3.Computer set - a set of equipment containing regular components, i.e., monitor, central processing unit or CPU, keyboard and printer;
4.National Ballot - refers to the ballot to be used in the automated election system for the purpose of the May 1998 elections. This shall contain the names of the candidates for president, vice-president, senators and parties, organizations or coalitions participating under the party-list system;This ballot shall be counted by the counting machine:
5.Local Ballot - refers to the ballot on which the voter will manually write the names of the candidates of his/her choice for member of the House of Representatives, governor,vice-governor, members of the provincial board, mayor, vice-mayor, and members of the city municipal council.
6.Board of Election inspector - there shall be a Board of Election Inspectors in every precinct composed of three (3) regular members who shall conduct the voting, counting and recording of votes in the polling place.
Views and Opinions:
For me, the automated election can help in our present situation. Why? Because it lessens the time we spent in electing officers of our country who only aims to have power (just some of them). In terms of monetary, this automated lection is good enough for its budget. It can also lessen the cost that the government is spending in paying the people who facilitates the election.
Here are the Pros and Cons of the said automated election:
Pros:
Shorter Time in Election
It can prevent potential human error
Lessens the delay of relaying the data
Make elections much cheaper to execute
Cons:
Their could be a possibility that the system could be hacked.
The Presence o man power in manual counting will be counted.
The history of manual counting will fade away.
Can it help change the political status of our country?
Hmmm….. I think it doest matter if it is automated or manual, as long as the voters made a right choice of voting. Although the result of election is faster, the government should also be concern to our brothers and sisters who are not updated to the technology that we used, they should have a good tutor for that.Let me give you some facts about the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) then give your thoughts if the Philippines is ready for an automated election system (AES) as mandated by law (RA 9369 - Automated Election Law):
The 2003 functional literacy survey of the National Statistics Office (NSO) showed ARMM as having the lowest basic literacy rate in the country, with 30 percent of its people aged 10-64 years old considered illiterate.
On a national level, one in 10 Filipinos can not read and write, according to the survey.
Ustadz Esmael Ibrahim of the Assembly of Darul Ifta of the Philippines said illiteracy in the ARMM is worst in Sulu, with 40 percent of its people unlearned.
The automated ARMM election is a pretest to the 2010 Presidential elections in the Philippines. If this test succeeds, then for sure the Automated Election System will be used. If not, then maybe the Philippine government will consider going back to the “control” method which is the conventional election most Filipinos are used to or improve any weaknesses that will be identified in the implementation of the computerized election process.
Try to analyze things, we know that the automated election is possible as of the moment it is really good to have those ideas for the better election process but the risk of using this is that, what if the system could be hacked? It could be easier to the hacker to manipulate data and to change it.
The ABS-CBN broadcasting telecommunications introduces its program for the incoming election which is called “Ako Mismo”, I think it help people to be determined in joining the election. We all know that there could be a change if we start it in our selves. Some of us vote the corrupt politics in change for a small amount of money due to poverty. If we try to analyze things, it is better to vote for the right once so that he can help in improving the country. I think the automated election will work, if we all the people will participate to this event.
Well its 2009 now, may be their could be a change of plans for the election, but what ever it is either automated or manual, I hope that it would bring a good result for our country for better future.
References:
http://www.jpsimbulan.com/2008/08/06/is-the-philippines-ready-for-an-automated-election-system/
http://hubpages.com/hub/Automated-Election-Are-we-ready
The Government Department of Finance produces 11.9 billion pesos as a supplemental budget for this coming election which will be automated, but the question would be, if the election would be automated, will it really work well? What could be the pros and cons? Can it help change the political status of our country?
First of all, we will have a short background about the automated election.
Based on the Senate Bill No. 2231: (13th Congress) which entitled:
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8436, ENTITLED AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS TO USE AN AUTOMATED ELECTION SYSTEM IN THE MAY 11, 1998 NATIONAL OR LOCAL ELECTIONS AND IN SUBSEQUENT NATIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTORAL EXERCISES, TO ENCOURAGE TRANSPARENCY, CREDIBILITY, FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY OF ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 881, AS AMENDED, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7166 AND OTHER RELATED ELECTIONS LAWS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
On section 2 on the said article defines the automated election system as:A system using appropriate technology for voting, counting, consolidating, canvassing, transmission of election results and other processes in the conduct of electoral exercises.
Equipments or components that are being used for Automated Election:
1.Counting machine - a machine that uses an optical scanning mark-sense reading
2. Data storage device - a device used to electronically store counting and device of any similar advanced technology to count ballots; canvassing results, such as, memory pack or diskette;
3.Computer set - a set of equipment containing regular components, i.e., monitor, central processing unit or CPU, keyboard and printer;
4.National Ballot - refers to the ballot to be used in the automated election system for the purpose of the May 1998 elections. This shall contain the names of the candidates for president, vice-president, senators and parties, organizations or coalitions participating under the party-list system;This ballot shall be counted by the counting machine:
5.Local Ballot - refers to the ballot on which the voter will manually write the names of the candidates of his/her choice for member of the House of Representatives, governor,vice-governor, members of the provincial board, mayor, vice-mayor, and members of the city municipal council.
6.Board of Election inspector - there shall be a Board of Election Inspectors in every precinct composed of three (3) regular members who shall conduct the voting, counting and recording of votes in the polling place.
Views and Opinions:
For me, the automated election can help in our present situation. Why? Because it lessens the time we spent in electing officers of our country who only aims to have power (just some of them). In terms of monetary, this automated lection is good enough for its budget. It can also lessen the cost that the government is spending in paying the people who facilitates the election.
Here are the Pros and Cons of the said automated election:
Pros:
Shorter Time in Election
It can prevent potential human error
Lessens the delay of relaying the data
Make elections much cheaper to execute
Cons:
Their could be a possibility that the system could be hacked.
The Presence o man power in manual counting will be counted.
The history of manual counting will fade away.
Can it help change the political status of our country?
Hmmm….. I think it doest matter if it is automated or manual, as long as the voters made a right choice of voting. Although the result of election is faster, the government should also be concern to our brothers and sisters who are not updated to the technology that we used, they should have a good tutor for that.Let me give you some facts about the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) then give your thoughts if the Philippines is ready for an automated election system (AES) as mandated by law (RA 9369 - Automated Election Law):
The 2003 functional literacy survey of the National Statistics Office (NSO) showed ARMM as having the lowest basic literacy rate in the country, with 30 percent of its people aged 10-64 years old considered illiterate.
On a national level, one in 10 Filipinos can not read and write, according to the survey.
Ustadz Esmael Ibrahim of the Assembly of Darul Ifta of the Philippines said illiteracy in the ARMM is worst in Sulu, with 40 percent of its people unlearned.
The automated ARMM election is a pretest to the 2010 Presidential elections in the Philippines. If this test succeeds, then for sure the Automated Election System will be used. If not, then maybe the Philippine government will consider going back to the “control” method which is the conventional election most Filipinos are used to or improve any weaknesses that will be identified in the implementation of the computerized election process.
Try to analyze things, we know that the automated election is possible as of the moment it is really good to have those ideas for the better election process but the risk of using this is that, what if the system could be hacked? It could be easier to the hacker to manipulate data and to change it.
The ABS-CBN broadcasting telecommunications introduces its program for the incoming election which is called “Ako Mismo”, I think it help people to be determined in joining the election. We all know that there could be a change if we start it in our selves. Some of us vote the corrupt politics in change for a small amount of money due to poverty. If we try to analyze things, it is better to vote for the right once so that he can help in improving the country. I think the automated election will work, if we all the people will participate to this event.
Well its 2009 now, may be their could be a change of plans for the election, but what ever it is either automated or manual, I hope that it would bring a good result for our country for better future.
References:
http://www.jpsimbulan.com/2008/08/06/is-the-philippines-ready-for-an-automated-election-system/
http://hubpages.com/hub/Automated-Election-Are-we-ready
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