Smartmatic bags P500-M ballot delivery deal By Aytch S. de la Cruz 04/14/2010

FIRM’S CONTROL ON MAY 10 POLLS EXPANDED Smartmatic bags P500-M ballot delivery deal By Aytch S. de la Cruz 04/14/2010 Automated polls supplier Smartmatic Corp. is one extremely lucky firm, as it has also become the delivery handler of official ballots for the May 10 elections after it cornered a half-a-billion-peso contract from the poll body last March 24 aside from the P11.3-billion deal for the supply of the computerized elections equipment. The Bids and Awards Committee of the Comelec in Resolution No. 95-2010 last March 24 named Smartmatic as the winner of the contract and the awarding was approved by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) En Banc on the same day. With the contract, Smartmatic practically has full control of the conduct of the elections a month from now where fears of a new form of automated cheating are currently being raised.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100414hed1.html

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