{"id":178866,"date":"2018-08-28T01:29:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T05:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=178866"},"modified":"2018-08-28T01:29:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T05:29:30","slug":"comelec-mulls-start-local-source-code-review-vcms-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/28\/comelec-mulls-start-local-source-code-review-vcms-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Comelec mulls start of local source code review for VCMs in September"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Comelec spokesman James Jimenez noted that they are planning to hold the review by September to be able to thoroughly assess it. (File Photo<\/a>: PTV Network\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking to start the local source code review for the vote counting machines (VCMs) next month in connection with the May 2019 midterm polls.<\/p>\n

Comelec spokesman James Jimenez noted that they are planning to hold the review by September to be able to thoroughly assess it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe local source code review, we hope, can start in September. This will give us enough time to conduct a thorough local source code review,\u201d Jimenez said in an interview.<\/p>\n

The poll body official added that for this year, the local source code review will be held a month earlier, as compared to the one conducted in the 2016 polls, which was in October 2015.<\/p>\n

Jimenez is hoping to start with the international source code review after they finish with the required public bidding process for the service provider.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will still be undergoing international code evaluation. Hopefully, we can be able to send it close to the start of the local source code review,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to Republic Act 9369, the commission shall \u201cpromptly make the source code available and open to any interested party or group, which may conduct their own review\u201d.<\/p>\n

A separate source code review will also be conducted by an international certification entity to be chosen by the Comelec.<\/p>\n

The source code is the human readable instructions that dictate what the automated election system will do.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the Comelec has acquired the 97,517 VCM units for PHP2.1 billion that were used in the 2016 national and local polls. They will also be utilized in next year\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n

The machines were acquired after exercising the option-to-purchase (OTP) in its 2016 lease contract with Smartmatic International.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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