Download - 2010 Automation Scenario
May 10, 2010 National and Local Elections
AUTOMATION SCENARIO
STATISTICS• Estimated 47,000,000 registered voters
• 44,009,069 registered voters - as of April 20, 2009 ERB Hearing• 58,327 registration records cancelled by reason of death• 1,246,272 registration records deactivated
• Last ERB Hearing on November 16, 2009• 80 Provinces • 1,631 cities and municipalities• 320,415 Established Precincts (estimate)• 80,136 Clustered Precincts (estimate)• 37,884 Polling Centers (estimate)• 82,200 PCOS Machines• 80,136 PCOS Machines for distribution to clustered precincts
STATE POLICY• ENSURE FREE, ORDERLY, HONEST, PEACEFUL, CREDIBLE AND
INFORMED ELECTIONS, PLEBISCITES, REFERENDA, RECALL AND OTHER SIMILAR ELECTORAL EXERCISES
– BY IMPROVING ON THE ELECTION PROCESS AND ADOPTING SYSTEMS, WHICH SHALL INVOLVE THE USE OF AN AUTOMATED ELECTION SYSTEM THAT WILL ENSURE THE SECRECY AND SANCTITY OF THE BALLOT AND ALL ELECTION, CONSOLIDATION AND TRANSMISSION DOCUMENTS IN ORDER THAT THE PROCESS SHALL BE TRANSPARENT AND CREDIBLE AND THAT THE RESULTS SHALL BE FAST, ACCURATE AND REFLECTIVE OF THE GENUINE WILL OF THE PEOPLE
COMELEC MANDATE
• TO PRESCRIBE THE ADOPTION AND USE OF THE MOST SUITABLE TECHNOLOGY OF DEMONSTRATED CAPABILITY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE SITUATION PREVAILING IN THE AREA AND THE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THE PURPOSE.
ASSISTING BODIES
• COMELEC ADVISORY COUNCIL (CAC)
• TECHNICAL EVALUATION COMMITTEE (TEC)
• STEERING COMMITTEE (STC)
• PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PMO)
FUNCTIONS OF THE CAC• RECOMMEND THE MOST APPROPRIATE, SECURE
APPLICABLE AND COST EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY TO BE APPLIED IN THE AES, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, AT THAT SPECIFIC POINT IN TIME;
• PARTICIPATE AS NON VOTING MEMBERS OF THE BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE IN THE CONDUCT OF THE BIDDING PROCESS FOR THE AES;
• PARTICIPATE AS NON VOTING MEMBERS OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE TASKED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AES;
FUNCTIONS OF THE CAC
• ADVISE AND ASSIST IN THE REVIEW OF THE SYSTEMS PLANNING, INCEPTION, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, OPERATIONALIZATION AND EVALUATION STAGES;
• ADVISE AND/OR ASSIST IN THE IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT AND RESOLUTIONS OF SYSTEMS PROBLEMS OR INADEQUACIES AS MAY SURFACE OR RESURFACE IN THE COURSE OF THE BIDDING, ACQUISITION, TESTING, OPERATIONALIZATION, RE-USE, STORAGE, DISPOSITION OF THE AES EQUIPMENT AND/OR RESOURCES AS THE CASE MAY BE;
• ADVISE AND/OR ASSIST IN THE RISK MANAGEMENT OF THE AES ESPECIALLY WHEN A CONTINGENY OR DISASTER SITUATION ARISES;
• PREPARE AND SUBMIT REPORT EVALUATING THE USE OF THE AES.
FUNCTIONS OF THE TEC
CERTIFY, THROUGH AN ESTABLISHED
INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION ENTITY, CATEGORICALLY STATING THAT THE AES,
INCLUDING ITS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE COMPONENTS, IS OPERATING PROPERLY,
SECURELY, AND ACCURATELY
BASIS FOR CERTIFICATION BY TEC• THE SUCCESSFUL CONDUCT OF A FIELD TESTING
PROCESS FOLLOWED BY A MOCK ELECTION EVENT IN ONE OR MORE CITIES/MUNICIPALITES;
• THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF AUDIT ON ACCURACY, FUNCTIONALITY AND SECURITY CONTROLS OF THE AES SOFTWARE;
• THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A SOURCE CODE REVIEW;
BASIS FOR CERTIFICATION BY TEC• A CERTIFICATION THAT THE SOURCE CODE REVIEW IS KEPT
IN ESCROW WITH THE BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS;
• A CERTIFICATION THAT THE SOURCE CODE REVIEWED IS ONE AND THE SAME AS THAT USED BY THE EQUIPMENT; AND
• THE DEVELOPMENT, PROVISIONING AND OPERATIONALIZATION OF A CONTINUING PLAN TO COVER RISKS TO THE AES AT ALL POINTS IN THE PROCESS SUCH THAT A FAILURE OF ELECTIONS, WHETHER AT VOTING, COUNTING, OR CONSOLIDATION MAY BE AVOIDED.
FUNCTION OF THE STC
Responsible for the successful implementation of the AES.
Concept of Execution
Board of Election Inspectors
• One (1) BEI for every clustered precinct• Three regular members
– Chairman– Delivers ballot to voter
– Poll Clerk– Third Member
• Support Staff– Depends on number of precincts clustered– To assist Poll Clerk and Third Member in managing
– List of Voters with Voting Records – Book of Voters
Board of Election InspectorsNo. of Precincts
ClusteredNo. of Support
StaffTotal no. of personnel
(BEI + Support Staff)0 none 32 none 33 1 44 2 55 3 6
Official Ballots
• Pre-printed names of candidates
• 600 candidates can be accommodated– 300 names per
side of ballot
Official Ballots• Ovals opposite names
of candidate• Shade oval opposite
name of chosen candidate
PCOS Precinct Count Optical Scan
• One unit per clustered precinct
• Voter personally feeds ballot into machine
• Ballot can be fed in any orientation
• Both sides of ballot scanned simultaneously
TESTING & SEALING PROCEDURESAt least three days before election day
• Public shall accomplish test ballots• Ballots shall be manually counted and election returns accomplished• Same set of ballots that was manually counted shall be fed into the
counting machine• Manual count shall be compared with the print-out of the election returns• If public is satisfied that the manual count is the same as the automated
count, the print-out and manually prepared election returns shall be signed-off by the witnesses
• Machines shall be sealed without any connection to transmission links• Public shall be allowed to secure the polling places where the counting
machines are installed• The only time that the counting machines shall be opened is on election
day in the presence of watchers
Voting
• Voting period– 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.• Unless there are voters waiting for their turn to vote
– Poll Clerk lists down names voters queuing– Poll Clerk calls voter to cast ballot– Voter who fails to appear after being called twice shall not
longer be allowed to vote
– Precinct set up• At least 10 voters can cast ballot at any one time
Voting
• Before voting starts– Show that ballot box is
empty• Transparent plastic
– Turn on and initialize PCOS
– Print “Zero Report” • To show that there is no
entry/vote in machine’s memory
Counting
• At close of polls– Perform close function• To prevent additional
ballots from being inserted– After close function, PCOS
automatically• Starts counting process• Prints election returns
after completion of automated count– Eight (8) copies
Counting
• Insert transmission cable– After printing first eight (8) copies of ER• To eliminate doubts that the PCOS can be
manipulated remotely
• Perform electronic transmission function• Print additional twenty-two (22) copies of ER– Automatically performed by PCOS after
completion of transmission
Canvassing/Consolidation
• Electronically transmitted results– Used as basis for canvassing/consolidation and
proclamation of winning candidates for• City/municipal officials• Provincial officials• Members, House of Representatives• Senators and Party-list
– Congress will also receive electronically transmitted results• Constitution authorized the Congress to promulgate rules for
canvassing of results for President and Vice-President
Municipal/City Board of Canvassers
Provincial Board of
Canvassers
National Board of
Canvassers
Congress COMELEC
PrecinctElection Returns
Mun./City COCSOVP
Prov. COCSOVM/C
Physical transport
Physical transport
Physical transport
Manual System of Canvassing
Municipal/City Board of Canvassers
Provincial Board of
Canvassers
National Board of
Canvassers
Congress COMELEC
Precinct
Physical transport
Physical transport
Physical transport
Electronic Transmission
Comelec Central Back-
up ServerAdvance Results/
Monitoring
Server for Dominant Majority/
Minority Parties, Citizens Arm,
KBPAdvance Results
Secured Public
Website
Election Returns
Mun./City COCSOVP
Prov. COCSOVM/C
SECURITY
• Security measures under a manual election system still applicable
• Strengthen security through automation– Password– PIN– Digital signatures– Encryption
SECURITY
• Time needed to decrypt one precinct result will be same amount of time needed to decrypt next precinct result
• Transmission takes at most 2 minutes• Copies for distribution– 30 copies of election returns at the precinct level– 30 copies of certificate of canvass at municipal level– 14 copies of certificate of canvass at provincial level
SECURITY
• Audit Log– Activities– Time– Date
SECURITY
• Paper Ballot• Ballot digital image• Data storage device• Transmitted results• Hard copies of election results
FIELD TEST/S
• 8 areas– 2 for NCR – 2 each (1 urban/1 rural)• Luzon• Visayas• Mindanao
• To test system and transmission in the same environment/conditions as on election day
CONTINUITY PLAN
• Types of Systems Breakdown– Fails to scan– Able to scan but fails to print ER– Able to print ER but fails to transmit– Able to transmit but fails to consolidate
CONTINUITY PLAN
• Fails to scan– Use spare PCOS– Use PCOS of another precinct• Wait for other PCOS to complete process in its precinct• Get PCOS and reconfigure for next precinct• Scan ballots
– If all PCOS fails• Manual counting
CONTINUITY PLAN
• Able to scan but fails to print ER– Use spare PCOS– Use PCOS of another precinct• Wait for other PCOS to complete process in its precinct• Get PCOS and reconfigure for next precinct• Use removable storage device of defective PCOS and let
replacement PCOS print ER– If all PCOS fails• Manual counting
CONTINUITY PLAN
• Able to print ER but fails to transmit– Go to nearest precinct or polling center which has
a functioning transmission facility– Use removable storage device of defective PCOS
and let the functioning facility transmit precinct results
– If all transmission facilities bog down• Physically transport removable storage device to
canvassing site – In the presence of watchers and security escorts
CONTINUITY PLAN
• Able to transmit but fails to consolidate• Use consolidation/canvassing system (CCS) of another
municipality/province• Use the removable storage device and let functioning CCS
consolidate the results• Provide back-up canvassing through the Central Server
– Print results and send the same to affected board of canvassers– Print results and constitute special board of canvassers to take the
place of the affected board
Basic Elements of Elections
• People– Vote-buying– Coercion– Intimidation– Terrorism
• Systems & Procedures– Misreading of ballots– Unreadable handwriting– Error
• Honest• Deliberate
– Fraud– Manufactured election
returns– Tampering of election
results
Basic Elements of Elections• People– Vote-buying– Coercion– Intimidation– Terrorism
• Systems & Procedures– Misreading of ballots– Unreadable handwriting– Error
• Honest• Deliberate
– Fraud– Manufactured election
returns– Tampering of election
results
XOnly THESE can be addressed by automation
Successful Implementation
• Vigilance of citizenry• Cooperation• Coordination• Support
THANK YOU!