Jose Armando R. Melo, the former chairman of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) who presided over the first computerized elections in the country, has died at the age of 88.
Sen. Joel Villanueva has filed Senate Bill No. 1516 allowing the Comelec to allow the registration of voters through the development of an automated online system.
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) of the election system received a deluge of data causing a glitch that resulted in the delay during the pick-up of results.
The DICT said the link prior to the official announcement was only a test website, which was why there were some inconsistencies on the voter?s status.
A top Comelec officials said that one has to break through several layers of security to get to the vault deep within the BSP's office in Manila, where the code was delivered for safekeeping on Friday.
The poll body may choose between refurbishing the old Precint Count Optical Scanner (PCOS) machines, purchasing new Vote Counting Machines, and/or make use of the technologies presented in the fair.
Providers and developers have presented and given demonstrations of their AES technologies during the event, allowing the council to choose which system to recommend to the election body.
