YVOTE -Automation Scenario - COMELEC - Sept 2009

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May 10, 2010 Nationaland Local Elections

AUTOMATION

SCENARIO


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STATISTICS Estimated 47,000,000 registered voters

44,009,069 registered voters - as of April 20, 2009 ERB Hearing 58,327 registration records cancelled by reason of death 1,246,272 registration records deactivated

Last ERB Hearing on November 16, 2009

80 Provinces 1,631 cities and municipalities 320,415 Established Precincts (estimate) 80,136 Clustered Precincts (estimate) 37,884 Polling Centers (estimate) 82,200 PCOS Machines 80,136 PCOS Machines for distribution to clustered precincts


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Board of Election Inspectors One (1) BEI for every clustered precinct

Three regular members Chairman

Delivers ballot to voter Poll Clerk Third Member

Support Staff Depends on number of precincts clustered

To assist Poll Clerk and Third Member in managing List of Voters with Voting Records Book of Voters


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Board of Election InspectorsNo. of

PrecinctsClustered

No. of Support Staff

Total no. of personnel

(BEI + SupportStaff)

0 none 32 none 33 1 44 2 55 3 6


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Establishing Identity of Voter LIST OF

VOTERS WITHVOTINGRECORDS

Photograph


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Establishing Identity of Voter If identity cannot be established

through photograph Compare signatures

Use Book of Voters Contains applications for registration

Includes specimen signature of voter

Other methods to challenge identity


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Official Ballots

Pre-printednames of candidates

300 candidatescan beaccommodated

150 names per

side of ballot


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Official Ballots Ovals opposite

names of candidate Shade oval opposite

name of chosencandidate


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PCOS Precinct Count Optical Scan One unit per

clustered precinct Voter personally

feeds ballot intomachine Ballot can be fed at

any orientation

Ballot scanned bothsides simultaneously


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TESTING & SEALINGPROCEDURES

At least three days before election day Public shall accomplish test ballots Ballots shall be manually counted and election returns accomplished Same set of ballots that was manually counted shall be fed into the

counting machine Manual count shall be compared with the print-out of the election returns If public is satisfied that the manual count is the same as the automated

count, the print-out and manually prepared election returns shall besigned-off by the witnesses

Machines shall be sealed without any connection to transmission links Public shall be allowed to secure the polling places where the counting

machines are installed The only time that the counting machines shall be opened is on election

day in the presence of watchers


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Voting

Voting period 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Unless there are voters waiting for their turn

to vote Poll Clerk lists down names voters queuing Poll Clerk calls voter to cast ballot Voter who fails to appear after being called twice

shall not longer be allowed to vote

Precinct set up At least 10 voters can cast ballot at any one

time


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Voting

Before voting starts Show that ballot

box is empty Transparent plastic

Turn on andinitialize PCOS

Print Zero Report To show that there is

no entry/vote inmachines memory


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Counting At close of polls

Perform close function To prevent additional

ballots from being

inserted After close function,

PCOS automatically Starts counting process Prints election returns

after completion of automated count

Eight (8) copies


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Counting Insert transmission cable

After printing first eight (8) copies of ER To eliminate doubts that the PCOS can be manipulated

remotely

Perform electronic transmission function Print additional twenty-two (22) copies of ER

Automatically performed by PCOS aftercompletion of transmission


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Canvassing/Consolidation Electronically transmitted results

Used as basis for canvassing/consolidationand proclamation of winning candidates for

City/municipal officials Provincial officials Members, House of Representatives Senators and Party-list

Congress will also receive electronicallytransmitted results

Constitution authorized the Congress topromulgate rules for canvassing of results forPresident and Vice-President


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Municipal/City Board of

Canvassers

ProvincialBoard of

Canvassers

NationalBoard of

Canvassers

Congress COMELEC

Precinct

Physicaltransport

Physicaltransport

Physical

transport

Electronic

TransmissionComelec

Central Back-

up ServerAdvance Results/

Monitoring

Server forDominantMajority/

Minority Parties,Citizens Arm,

KBP

Advance Results

SecuredPublic

Website

ElectionReturns

Mun./City COC

SOVP

Prov. COC

SOVM/C


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SECURITY

128-bitencryption

2 2 = 4 2 = 8 2 = 16 2 = 32 2 = 64 2 = 128 2 = 256

128

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

2 = 512 2 = 1024 2 = 2048 2 = 4096

2 = 8192 2 = 16,384 2 = 32,768

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10

11

12

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14

15

2 =65,536

2 =131,072

2 =262,144

2 =524,288

2 =1,048,576

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SECURITY

128-bit encryption

2 =8,388,608

2 =16,777,216

2 =33,554,432

2 =67,108,864

2 =134,217,728

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24

25

26

27

28

29

2 =1,073,741,824

2 =2,147,483,648

2 =4,294,967,296

2 =8,569,934,592

2 =17,179,869,184

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SECURITY

128-bit encryption

2 = 137,438,953,472 2 = 274,877,906,944 2 = 549,755,813,888 2 = over One Trillion combinations

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SECURITY

128-bit encryption Same security system used by banks

Random Encryption Temperature of machine Voltage Unique machine identity User identity

No single/master decryption code


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SECURITY

Audit Log Activities Time Date


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SECURITY

Paper Ballot Ballot digital image

Data storage device Transmitted results Hard copies of election results


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FIELD TEST/S

8 areas 2 for NCR 2 each (1 urban/1 rural)

Luzon Visayas Mindanao

To test system and transmission inthe same environment/conditions ason election day


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CONTINUITY PLAN

Types of Systems Breakdown Fails to scan Able to scan but fails to print ER Able to print ER but fails to transmit Able to transmit but fails to consolidate


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CONTINUITY PLAN

Fails to scan Use spare PCOS Use PCOS of another precinct

Wait for other PCOS to complete process in itsprecinct

Get PCOS and reconfigure for next precinct Scan ballots

If all PCOS fails Manual counting


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CONTINUITY PLAN Able to scan but fails to print ER Use spare PCOS Use PCOS of another precinct

Wait for other PCOS to complete process in itsprecinct Get PCOS and reconfigure for next precinct Use removable storage device of defective PCOS

and let replacement PCOS print ER If all PCOS fails

Manual counting


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CONTINUITY PLAN Able to print ER but fails to transmit Go to nearest precinct or polling center which

has a functioning transmission facility

Use removable storage device of defectivePCOS and let the functioning facility transmitprecinct results

If all transmission facilities bog down Physically transport removable storage device to

canvassing site In the presence of watchers and security escorts


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CONTINUITY PLAN Able to transmit but fails to consolidate

Use consolidation/canvassing system (CCS) of another municipality/province

Use the removable storage device and letfunctioning CCS consolidate the results

Provide back-up canvassing through the CentralServer

Print results and send the same to affected board of

canvassers Print results and constitute special board of canvassers to

take the place of the affected board


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Basic Elements of Elections People

Vote-buying Coercion Intimidation Terrorism

Systems & Procedures Misreading of ballots Unreadable handwriting Error

Honest Deliberate

Fraud Manufactured election

returns

Tampering of electionresults


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Successful Implementation

Vigilance of citizenry Cooperation

Coordination Support


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THANK YOU!

YVOTE -Automation Scenario - COMELEC - Sept 2009

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