Automated Election: Are we ready?

The Malacañang's Department of Budget and Management produce the P11.9 billion supplemental
budget for this coming election which will be automated. Christian Monsod has been explaining how
the Open Election System method of automation works.

Monsod stressed that the proposed OES-based automated election system, combined with an optical
mark recognition (OMR) technology, could cost government about P8 billion for the equipment and
operations. If Comelec prefers getting the OES automated election system alone, it will cost around P4
billion."

What was really the "Automated Election"? :

Based on the Senate Bill No. 2231: (13th Congress) which entitled:

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8436, ENTITLED AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE
COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS TO USE AN AUTOMATED ELECTION SYSTEM IN THE MAY
11, 1998 NATIONAL OR LOCAL ELECTIONS AND IN SUBSEQUENT NATIONAL AND LOCAL
ELECTORAL EXERCISES, TO ENCOURAGE TRANSPARENCY, CREDIBILITY, FAIRNESS
AND ACCURACY OF ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE BATAS PAMBANSA BLG.
881, AS AMENDED, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7166 AND OTHER RELATED ELECTIONS LAWS,
PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.