Challenges & Risks Facing

the 2010 Automated

Election System (AES)

Edmundo G. Casino, MPA

Philippine Computer Society
UP NCPAG Alumni Association
MSU, Marawi City, Lanao del Sur
2010 Poll Automation
FIRST TIME EVENTS
Clustering of 75K Precincts
IT Certification of 75,000
BEIs & 1,600 BOCs
Use of Two-Faced Machine
Readable Ballot nationwide
Automated Synchronization
of Counting & Canvassing
Electronic Transmission of
ERs @ 40,000 sites
IMPACT OF THE CHANGES
CLUSTERING OF USE OF TWO-
75,000 PRECINCTS FACED BALLOTS
Cleansing of Lists Distribution & Printing
Familiarity of Voters AUTOMATED
IT CERTIFICATION ELECTIONS CCS
OF 75,000 BEIs & Synchronization
1,600 BOCs ELECTRONIC
Training a battalion of TRANSMISSION
IT capable election Limitations in
officers Coverage
CRITICAL THINGS TO DO in
165 DAYS
Manufacturing & Testing of
82,200 PCOS
Development & Testing of the
AES Software
Training & Certification of
Election Officers & Tech
Support
Installation & Testing of
Transmission Channels
Demonstration & Source Code
Stakeholder Education
Logistics & Deployment
COMPLIANCE TO RA 9369
AES Features Provisions Context

Voter Choice Sec. 7 [6] n.) Provide the

Verification Minimum Cap voter a system
Transmission Sec. 19 [22] Canvassers, two
Sequence Election Returns parties, citizens
arms & KBP
Official Election Sec. 19 [22] Official, basis
Results for Canvassing
& Proclamation
MULTIPLE & PARALLEL
ACTIVITIES
AES Development
Logistics
Training
Techno-Legal Panel
PR & Media
Stakeholder
Education
AES Development Activity
Hardware
Manufacturing
Delivery
Software
Casting, Counting,
Canvassing
Transmission
Electronic Signature
Authentication
Testing & Quality
Assurance
Demo & Certification
Source Code Review
AES Development Activity
Testing & Quality
Assurance
Application Systems
Software
Customized PCOS
Device
Examination & Testing
of HW & SW
Escrow Source Code
LOGISTICS & DEPLOYMENT
Regional Hubs
Luz-Vis-Min
Type of Transport
Land, Air, Sea
Advance Team
Trainers, Tech
Support, Help Desk
Timetable & Sequence
IT TRAINING &
CERTIFICATION
Precinct-Based BEIs
75,000 BEIs
40,000 Sites
Local BOCs
1,600 BOCs
National BOCs
86 Provincial BOCs
TECHNO-LEGAL PANEL
Types of Contest
Registered Voters
AES Related
Canvassing &
Proclamation
Definition of Terms
Qualification of
Contests
PUBLIC RELATIONS &
MEDIA
Secretariat
Writers
Creative
Campaigns
STAKEHOLDER EDUCATION
Sec 26 [31] of RA 9369
General Public &
Voters
Commission’s Staff
DepED & DOF
Deputies
LGU Officials
Incumbent Elected
Officials
Political Parties &
Candidates
Military & Police
CHALLENGES to COMELEC
COMELEC is only
staffed with 5,000
employees
There will be 250,000
Deputies to be trained
with 75,000 Certified
500,000 Citizens
Arms to be oriented
CHALLENGES TO
SMARTMATIC-TIM
Delivery Schedule
Need for Technical
Manpower
Systems Development
for Synchronized
Elections
Never been Tested
Mission Impossible
POTENTIAL PROBLEMS
Procedural Shortfall
Delivery Backlogs
Pre-Shading Ballots
Pockets of System
Failure
ACM Device-based
Transmission
Software Malfunction
Mass Confusion
COUNTERMEASURE
Random Manual Audit
Sec. 24 [29] of RA 9369
Where AES is used, there shall
be a random manual audit in one
precinct per congressional
district randomly chosen by
the Commission in EACH
province & city. Any difference
will initiate a manual count
affected by the computer or
procedural error.
CASE-SCENARIO BUILDING
Proclamation Contests
Succession in National
Leadership
Constitutional Crisis
Civil Unrest & Chaos
Military Junta
Revolutionary
Government
RECOMMENDED COURSE OF
ACTION
Thorough CHANGE
Management Plan
Detailed RISK
Management Plan
Technical-Legal
Review Board Panel
Organizational Task
Force
JUDICIAL COURSE ACTION
Supreme Court Reso
on Techno & Legal
House Electoral
Tribunal Courts
Senate Electoral
Tribunal Courts
National Electoral
Tribunal Course
LESSONS LEARNED ON
ONDOY & PEPENG

EVERYBODY
ANYBODY
SOMEBODY
NOBODY
PREPAREDNESS
CONCLUSION
THIS IS A MULTI-
STAKHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT.
ALL QUARTERS
MUST GET
ORGANIZED &
PARTICIPATE
In the end, …
We need to maintain
sobriety, peace, and
harmony among our
fellowmen and call for
patriotism and duty to
country as the future
of democracy is at
stake here.