Comelec should look into discarded CF cards — PMP
05/08/2010 Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) senatorial candidates Francisco “Kit” Tatad, Agusan del Sur Rep. Rodolfo “ompong” Plaza and businessman Joey de Venecia yesterday called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to examine thoroughly the flash cards that have been discarded by its partner Smartmatic Corp. The senatorial candidates of the opposition PMP said what is inside the flash cards must have something to do with the way it performed before Smartmatic decided to pull them out and replace them with new ones. “The Comelec should look into the flash cards before it is discarded,” Plaza said yesterday. Smartmatic had recalled all 76,000 flash cards installed in its precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines because of its failure to accurately count the votes indicated in the ballots. On testing in several cities and municipalities the PCOS machines had failed to count the votes of some candidates. Tatad and Plaza said that there must be some programs in the flash cards that caused the PCOS machines to fail and that it should be investigated. In a press conference on Wednesday former President Estrada expressed dismay at the performance of the PCOS machines which were tested in several cities in Metro Manila.... MORE Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100508hed3.html |
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