LOOK: to demonstrate the possible alternative vote counting machines to be used for the 2022 national elections.
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DICT acting sec. Eliseo Rio Jr.: If appreciation of votes in each ballot cannot be ascertained, then the electorate is putting faith on a system rather than believing the result.
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Rio: Injustice is an understatement when the will of the people is hostaged by the inability of the vote counting machines to accommodate infirmities, all in the name of speed.
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Rio: The automated election system is not broken, but we lost transparency. System needs to be tweaked.
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Here are some of the concepts the DICT presented.
FREE HAND- voters write the names manually. Ballots will have a QR code. The QC code ensures that no matter how many times the ballot is placed in VCMs, it won’t be counted more than once.
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BARCODE STICKERS- Voters peel off barcode stickers and place it on the ballot.
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SCHOLASTIC EXAM— Voters shade the number of the candidate. But unlike the current ballots, the DICT says this format will prevent over voting.
