Smartmatic admits PCOS errors on poll day By Gerry Baldo 05/21/2010

SIGNS OF FRAUD FLOOD HOUSE HEARING Smartmatic admits PCOS errors on poll day By Gerry Baldo 05/21/2010 Automated polls machine supplier Smartmatic admitted yesterday unforeseen errors in the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines on the day of the elections last May 10 primarily on the time stamps on election returns (ERs) that set off sparks flying at yesterday’s House hearing on the reported widespread electronic poll fraud. Smartmatic electoral systems manager Heider Garcia when questioned by House members attributed the discrepancy in the stamps on the ERs and the actual voting period was an “unforeseen situation” that triggered Makati City Rep. Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin, chairman of the House committee on electoral reforms and suffrage, to blow his gasket raising the possibility of fraud escaping detection by the Smartmatic system. A masked whistleblower last Wednesday said a cheating syndicate was able to transmit forged results of the elections through the use of their own PCOS machines that sent results ahead of the official transmissions from voting centers. “You sons of bitches! You had us standing here guaranteeing to the public and the world that even if fraud is committed, we would be able to trace it. You said we could trace it but now, you tell me that at 10 in the evening, you could do it [false transmissions] and we would never know?” Locsin berated Garcia. Doubts on the credibility of the recent elections grew as lawmakers raised questions about the “differing times and dates” recorded on the print out of the ERs from various precincts around the country. Biliran Rep. Glenn Chong said the time printed on some of the election returns showed that the voting was held on “January 3 at 8 pm.” Another ER showed a different time: “Jan 24 at 12:56 am.” North Cotabato Vice Gov. Manny Pinol added an ER in his province showed print marks of a credit card. Speaker Jose Nograles said he would ask the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to require Smartmatic officials to surrender back their passports due to their admission that the country’s first automated elections was not fraud proof.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100521hed1.html

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