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144 ENHANCING ELECTIONS AS INSTRUMENTS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE ASEAN REGION

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3. Source Code Section 12 of R.A. 9369 states that once an AES technology
is selected for implementation, the COMELEC shall
promptly make the source code of that technology

available and open to any interested political party or
groups which may conduct their own review thereof.

Action point: Request for an update on the plans of the

COMELEC to have the source code reviewed, certified,
and secured, and put the same in escrow with Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas in order to ensure that the software
installed in the AES machines correspond to those that

have been reviewed and certified as provided by R.A.
9369.

4. Verifiability Will a voter be able to verify that his marks on the
of results at ballot are properly translated by the PCOS into votes?
all canvassing
levels Will the municipal BOCs, provincial BOCs, and
national BOCs be able to verify the authenticity

and due execution of the ER, SOV, and COC?

Is there a system for accredited political watchers

to intervene and point out discrepancies between
the printed copies and the electronic copies, if any?

In case manifest errors are found, what is the procedure
to be followed by parties wishing to point out such

errors and how such errors will be corrected?