‘Almost perfect’ VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 02/18/2010

‘Almost perfect’ VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 02/18/2010 According to media reports, such was the rating by a Commission on Elections (Comelec) official in conjunction with the trial performance of the by now infamous election machines. “Almost perfect!” — this was said to be the triumphant hurrah of the said official on the occasion of a dry-run of some of them, here and there. At times, some counting machines did not even count. On occasions, a number of them jammed. There were those that were everything else except what they were supposed to be. Conclusion: The machines were “almost perfect.” Translation: No less than 82,000 “almost perfect” machines for the May 2010 automated national elections!... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100218com5.html

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