by Jovie Cabais | May 23, 2010 | Tech Updates
The past week was very interesting with losing candidates complaining of election fraud caused by the alleged reprogramming of the PCOS machines. The supposed proof of such fraud are the dates and times on the PCOS machines not matching exactly with actual dates, and the ‘koala bear’ witness who claimed he was involved in the election fraud. One candidate claimed that there is fraud because the random manual audit did not match with PCOS count on 4 out of 5 machines but he wouldn’t say how much discrepancy was there. Another claimed that transmissions of the results were intercepted and a different set of results was transmitted. While such allegations are easy to make, the evidence of such alleged cheating should be presented at the proper forum. Also, they should take into consideration that a potential evidence, like the incorrect dates recorded, cannot be refuted. Even if the dates are not exactly correct, if the results submitted matched the election returns, then there is no cheating. The dates on the PCOS machines may not have been set to the exact time but its primary purpose is to record the sequence of events and in that case, it doesn’t need the exact dates because you only need to know how long is the period between events. Reprogramming the PCOS machines would require highly technical skills and such reprogramming has to be done in a very short period of time. Any one trying to do this must have deep pockets, close contacts with COMELEC and Smartmatic, PNP and military and are able to corrupt the volunteers of the PPCRV, pole watchers...
