elections 2010

New Media: A Powerful tool for the 2010 Elections

Submitted by rbahaguejr on Fri, 07/17/2009 - 01:13

“The “New Media experience” as exhibited in the Obama presidential campaign can be replicated in our country to boost advocacy promotions and to even elevate the election campaign system. And we will be in forefront in conveying the necessary inputs in order to utilize and maximize these new technologies,” says Rick Bahague, national coordinator of the Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU). “As our launching activity on New Media tools for electoral campaigns, Ms. Mary Joyce, the New Media Operations’ Manager for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is invited by CPU and she is scheduled to speak on July 24, 25 and 26.”

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Contact: Rick Bahague Tel. No.: 02.413.4196 Mobile: +63917.884.0096 Email: secretariat@cp-union.com Twitter: @Si_Pio / Skype: cp-union

It is doubtful that COMELEC will release source code of automated election system

Submitted by rbahaguejr on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 08:12

We are reposting COMELEC-SMARTMATIC/TIM contract. It took us about 5 hours to download this document from the COMELEC website.

Scanning the contract, i found nothing clear about releasing the source code of the system.

COMELEC really wants us to _just_trust_ the machines.

We should be ready to monitor frauds and errors this election.

2010 Elections Geared for Garci Comeback

Submitted by rbahaguejr on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 04:32

“The recent development in the COMELEC’s pursuit for an Automated Elections System (AES) has set the cue for yet another Garci,” said Mr.

Reference:

Rick Bahague rick at cp-union dot com 09178840096

CPU to COMELEC, " Smartmatic-TIM has proven nothing yet"

Submitted by rbahaguejr on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 06:12

"Smartmatic-TIM has proven nothing yet," reacted Mr. Rick Bahague, national coordinator of the Computer Professionals' Union (CPU) with regards to the proud winning bidder of the COMELEC's Automated Elections System (AES), Smartmatic International and Total Information Management Corp. (Smartmatic-TIM). "At this point, they are already the best tool of potential Garcis for fraud and cheating on the 2010 elections."

"The bidding process was just a test of hardware functions," explains Mr. Bahague. AES has hardware, software and other needs in order to be implemented. CPU has dared COMELEC to require the winning bidder to reveal their AES's source code to the public.

Reference:

Contact: Rick Bahague Tel. No.: 02.413.4196 Mobile: +63917.884.0096 Email: secretariat@cp-union.com Url: http://www.cp-union.com

Questionable and unreliable vendors bid for COMELEC's Automated Election System

Submitted by rbahaguejr on Thu, 04/30/2009 - 06:48

“The initial result of CPU’s investigation in the bidding process of COMELEC revealed that the COMELEC is dealing with questionable and unreliable vendors,” declares Rick Bahague, the National Coordinator of the Computer Professionals’ Union(CPU). “The COMELEC is even more subjected to a triple degree of difficulty to win the trust of Filipino people especially on its effort to automate the national election in 2010,” adds Bahague.

Reference:

Rick Bahague 09178840096 / 4134196 rick @ cp-union.com

Computer Professionals Call for Technical Review of Automated Election System, Not a Hacking Contest

Submitted by webadmin on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 20:25

“A scientifically rigorous analysis and not just a hacking or cracking contest should be done on the Automated Election System (AES),” said Rick Bahague, the National Coordinator of the Computer Profe

Reference:

Rick Bahague rick at cp-union dot com 09178840096

Computer professionals envision an automated Garci returning in the 2010 elections

Submitted by rbahaguejr on Mon, 04/06/2009 - 21:38

Press Release, 7 April 2009

“Cheating and fraud in the 2010 election will be swift and simple for the likes of Garci through the automated election system (AES) the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is striving to implement”, asserts the Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU). In 2010, Garci will return and will be more sophisticated in his cheating schemes with his expertise in computer technology. Garci will operate far better than the fraud he performed last 2004 national election. This will give him and his cohorts more reason to “lol—that is, laugh out loud”.

Reference:

Rick Bahague rick at cp-union dot com 09178840096 / 4134196

Computer professionals warn of possible large scale election cheating on COMELEC automation

Submitted by webadmin on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 08:11

Press Release, 2 April 2009

“If not done properly, automated large scale cheating can happen with the COMELEC's plan for automated elections,” warns the Computer Professionals' Union (CPU) on the current rush of COMELEC to implement an Automated Election System (AES). The first automation attempt was scrapped by the Supreme Court in 2004 when COMELEC's P1.7 billion contract with Mega Pacific Consortium was declared null and void due to irregularities. Under R.A. 9369 which mandates the COMELEC to recommend the technology and choose a provider for the automated elections, the Commission chose Optical Mark Reader (OMR) technology for the 2010 National Elections.

The OMR system that will be used by the COMELEC will use 80,000 Precint Counting Optical Sensor (PCOS) machines. The PCOS includes a computer system, an OMR device which will read ballots marked by the voter, and a networking device for data transmission. This will cost the Filipino people P11 Billion.

The current automated election system is vulnerable to insider manipulation, software engineering problems, and remote or network attacks.

Reference:

Rick Bahague rick at cp-union dot com 4134196 / 09178840096

Automagic Election System

Submitted by webadmin on Thu, 04/02/2009 - 23:38

Computer Professionals' Union

Introduction

For decades, we have used the manual system of voting, counting and canvassing in the elections. National canvassing takes two to three months. As our current elections system is exceptionally prone to various forms of corruption, it has been a popular cliche that a candidate either wins or is cheated.

But this is soon to change - or so we think. The Automated Election Law which requires an automated election system (AES) to “encourage transparency, credibility, fairness and accuracy of elections” [AES] will be implemented. The COMELEC is mandated to evaluate and recommend appropriate technoloy for the implementation..

The first attempt to implement AES was scrapped by the Suprement Court in 2004. COMELEC's P1.7 billion contract with Mega Pacific Consortium was declared null and void due to irregularities.