pcos operations

PRECINCTCOUNT OPTICALSCAN(PCOS) RHANDY JAY F. ESPRA

PCOS MACHINE

PCOS Machine and Ballot Box

PCOS

ballot box

PRINTER

PARTS OF PCOS

SECURITY KEY PORT

FEEDER

MEMORY CARD SLOTSMENU SCREEN

CONTENTS OF THE PCOS BOX

PCOS machine; Power cord of the PCOS; One (1) envelope containing spare iButton; Three (3) rolls of official thermal paper; Three (3) PINs of the BEI; One (1) PIN for re-zeroing which shall remain in

the PCOS box; Modem Two (2) copies of the Minutes

TESTING AND

SEALINGAt least three

(3) Days Before the Election

TESTING AND SEALING (TAS) PROCEEDINGS:

1. BEI will explain the rationale, methods and procedures of TAS.

2. BEI will then

remove the seal of the

PCOS Box.

TESTING AND SEALING (TAS) PROCEEDINGS:

IMPORTANT:

A. The Shrink-wrapper of the PCOS Machine Must be intact.

B. The seals of the Printer Cover, Main Memory Card slot and the Back-up memory card slot must not be tampered.

TESTING AND SEALING (TAS) PROCEEDINGS:

3. Poll Clerk will record the condition of the PCOS machine in the minutes before removing the seal of the Printer Cover

(Memory Card Slots must remain sealed until the conclusion of

the May 10, 2010 elections)

TESTING AND SEALING (TAS) PROCEEDINGS:4. PCOS Machine will then be positioned on

top of the Ballot Box.

5. PCOS Machine plugged to power source.

TESTING AND SEALING (TAS) PROCEEDINGS:

6. BEIs select 10

voters for mock election.

7. Printing of 8

copies of Election

Returns (ER)

TESTING AND SEALING (TAS) PROCEEDINGS:8. Transmission of Results to MBOC

9. BEIs tally the results from the Ballots and shall compare the tally sheets with the Printed ERs.

10. BEIs sign the ERs, place inside the envelopes and be submitted to Election Officer.

Important:

- After the Testing and Sealing Process the PCOS Ballot Counter indicator must be set back to zero.

- The transmission port and printer cover must be resealed.

- Secure the that the Ballot Box is locked and with the PCOS machine, they will be resealed.

- Watchers shall record the serial numbers of the seals used.

ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTION

ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTIONWatchers must note the following:

1. The PCOS Machine’s Shrink-wrapper must be intact.

2. Seals are not tampered and their serial numbers are the same with those numbers recorded during the TAS.

ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTIONUpon the Initialization of the PCOS Machine:

1. BEIs print copies of initialization report having zero vote tallies for all the candidates.

2. Initialization report shall contain geographical information (Province, Municipality, Barangay, Voting Center and Clustered Precinct)

PCOS Machine ready to accept ballots:

FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PCOS MACHINE PROMPT AFTER FEEDING YOUR BALLOTS:1. “Congratulations! Your vote has been

registered.”

2. “AMBIGUOUS MARKS”

3. “MISREAD BALLOTS”

4. “INVALID BALLOTS”

Shutting Down of the PCOS

After the printing of all reports and transmission of precinct results to all destinations, the PCOS shall automatically display the main menu. The operator shall then press the SHUTDOWN option, and the PCOS automatically shutdown.

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