Article: Cebu will have 3,000 automation machines in 2010 polls.

Article: Lapus asks Comelec: Ensure that poll automation ...
Philippines News Agency;  March 11, 2009 ;     560 words ... ... Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday to ensure that ... that based on the timeline of Comelec, there would still be time ... start the bidding for the automation machines. The TOR contains the financial ... by the advisory council. Comelec Chairman Jose Melo, however ...

Article: Comelec says Smartmatic passes accuracy rating of poll ...
Philippines News Agency;  May 28, 2009 ;     696 words ... ... Commission on Elections-Special Bids and Awards Committee (Comelec-SBAC) said on Thursday the consortium of Smartmatic and ... of the bidding process -- the accuracy rate of the poll automation machines which surpassed the 99.995 percent set by the committee ...

Article: Gordon grills Comelec on security features of ...
Philippines News Agency;  February 2, 2009 ;     687 words ... ... reminded the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to ensure that the security and safety ... 3-billion supplemental budget the Comelec is seeking for the planned automation ... Automated Elections Law, grilled the Comelec on the security features and safety measures ...

Article: Poll automation machines set for ...
Manila Bulletin;  May 21, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Special Bids and Awards Committee (Comelec-SBAC). This will push through if the ... counting machines, much lower than the Comelec’s requirement of 82 ... their go signal, we will demo to the Comelec. We are ready. We will demo our Precinct ...

Article: Comelec seeks early budget approval.(Metro and National ...
Manila Bulletin;  November 30, 2008 ;     590 words ... ... approval will help the Comelec to prepare thoroughly ... political exercise. The Comelec, it was stressed ... the much-needed automation machines without an approved ... for the acquision of automation machines is possible, it was ... not only for the Comelec, but also for the ...

Article: Comelec submits P13.9-B budget for poll automation.(Main ...
Manila Bulletin;  January 7, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... without an approved budget, the Comelec will not be able to conduct ... could be held. Melo said the Comelec has decided to use automation machines using the Optical Mark Readers ... cheaper than DRE, hence the Comelec was able to scale down the ...

Article: Comelec bid panel satisfied with Smartmatic machines.
Philippines News Agency;  May 27, 2009 ;     639 words ... ... Elections-Special Bids and Awards Committee (Comelec-SBAC) said it is satisfied with the machine ... Meanwhile, despite the stringent bidding process of Comelec-SBAC, the automation machines that will be utilized in the May 10, 2010 national ...