Comments on: Replace or Retain Voting Machines? http://the-diplomat.com/philippines-election-2010/insiders-diary/replace-or-retain-voting-machines.html Just another The Diplomat site Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:16:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha By: joy reyes http://the-diplomat.com/philippines-election-2010/insiders-diary/replace-or-retain-voting-machines.html/comment-page-1#comment-385 joy reyes Wed, 26 May 2010 04:55:36 +0000 http://the-diplomat.com/philippines-election-2010/?p=740#comment-385 what's the diifference counting Presidential votes and senatorial votes by PCOS machine from the vice presidentisl votes. Until now we don't have the result who won the Vice presidency.hmmm... i smell something fishy. what’s the diifference counting Presidential votes and senatorial votes by PCOS machine from the vice presidentisl votes. Until now we don’t have the result who won the Vice presidency.hmmm… i smell something fishy.

]]> By: ren http://the-diplomat.com/philippines-election-2010/insiders-diary/replace-or-retain-voting-machines.html/comment-page-1#comment-371 ren Fri, 14 May 2010 23:01:34 +0000 http://the-diplomat.com/philippines-election-2010/?p=740#comment-371 i will definitely agree that the PCOS machines helped us a lot during the election. it even gave us a result generated far far quicker than the usual, which, personally, amazed me a lot. however, what went wrong during that historical day is, obviously, the "facilitators" missed is on how to have a much more systematic way of doing the pre-voting activities such as looking for one's name and precint assignment, the long queues must have been avoided s well. some voters traveled far from other places to get back to their respective provinces to practive their right, to do their resposibility as a Filipino, only to find out they are not in the database or list of their respective area as a voter, thus, they can't vote, their count, as well as their time, money and effort were all wasted. it is really a big waste. i noticed that during the election. many were hard up just by looking for their names. another thing, senior citizens are supposed to be highly prioritized, i mean, the moment they appear in their precint, they should be assisted, i would understand if young people like me will not be accomodated by those "authorized people" who are very proud wearing their identfication cards because i can look for myself, but come on people, these old people have served our country long enough, they don't deserve to be ignored. Now you, yes you, if you were the "authorized person" during the election wearing your fancy ID, remember the old lady you ignored when she just wanted to enter to cast her vote? i hope you won't be treated that way when you're old. Going back, what i am trying to imply is that it is not enough that we rely on machines alone. we should also think of ways how to adjust with humans,how to not sacrifice them because what?we're excited of the machines? sounds funny eh? but it seems like it. there should be a system or program that will have individuals and machines jive, i mean there should be a harmony between them for more effectivity. Well, to the next President, I hope you can think of a better way to improve the election. we don't need new machines since it will again be costly on our part, let's be practical, these PCOS machines worked well for us, they would still do the same next election, and I hope for the longest time possible. i will definitely agree that the PCOS machines helped us a lot during the election. it even gave us a result generated far far quicker than the usual, which, personally, amazed me a lot. however, what went wrong during that historical day is, obviously, the “facilitators” missed is on how to have a much more systematic way of doing the pre-voting activities such as looking for one’s name and precint assignment, the long queues must have been avoided s well. some voters traveled far from other places to get back to their respective provinces to practive their right, to do their resposibility as a Filipino, only to find out they are not in the database or list of their respective area as a voter, thus, they can’t vote, their count, as well as their time, money and effort were all wasted. it is really a big waste. i noticed that during the election. many were hard up just by looking for their names. another thing, senior citizens are supposed to be highly prioritized, i mean, the moment they appear in their precint, they should be assisted, i would understand if young people like me will not be accomodated by those “authorized people” who are very proud wearing their identfication cards because i can look for myself, but come on people, these old people have served our country long enough, they don’t deserve to be ignored. Now you, yes you, if you were the “authorized person” during the election wearing your fancy ID, remember the old lady you ignored when she just wanted to enter to cast her vote? i hope you won’t be treated that way when you’re old.

Going back, what i am trying to imply is that it is not enough that we rely on machines alone. we should also think of ways how to adjust with humans,how to not sacrifice them because what?we’re excited of the machines? sounds funny eh? but it seems like it. there should be a system or program that will have individuals and machines jive, i mean there should be a harmony between them for more effectivity. Well, to the next President, I hope you can think of a better way to improve the election. we don’t need new machines since it will again be costly on our part, let’s be practical, these PCOS machines worked well for us, they would still do the same next election, and I hope for the longest time possible.

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