Inquirer: Senatorial bet shows possible ways to cheat
Jan 14th
By DJ Yap / Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—Senatorial candidate Adel Tamano Wednesday demonstrated possible ways to cheat in the 2010 elections despite automation, saying tampered ballots could still fool the computers.
The Nacionalista Party candidate said the ballots could be pre-shaded with pencil before distribution to voters, noting that there would be several change of hands from the printers to the voting precinct.
“The question is not so much about technology. The issue here is the sanctity of the ballot. The ballots will pass through a number of hands before it reaches the machine,” he said at a media forum.
Tamano showed reporters how this could be accomplished using a machine, which he said adopted the same technology that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) would employ in May.