More than 3 out of 10 PCOS machines did not work as expected   News Release May 16, 2013 Reference: Dr. Gani Tapang, Kontra Daya convenor   Chairman Sixto Brillantes has just removed the last pretense of transparency in the 2013 midterm polls by ordering a stop of the release of results to the supposed [...]

PRESS RELEASE MAY 15, 2013 DAVAO CITY – As reports of transmission failures continue to barrage its hotlines as of midday today, the poll watchdog Kontra Daya in Southern Mindanao expressed alarm over fraudulent activities happening with the automation of the poll system.   The group, after having documented voluminous reports of glitches in the [...]

In the Municipality of Artiche, Eastern Samar, Brgy. Macarthur, the PCOS machine rejected all the ballots. This incident was reported in Polling Center ID 73038.   Meanwhile, after initial reports of vote buying in Tacloban City, separate accounts from all over Leyte claim that vote-buying is prevalent throughout the island. Earlier reports received by Kontra [...]

Different precincts in Cavite and Laguna faced PCOS machine malfunction and allegedcases of fraud, according to reports from Kontra Daya volunteers.   The PCOS machine at Clustered Precinct 23 at Dasmarinas Central Elementary School in Burol 1, Cavite was not reading ballots as of 12:04 p.m. In Bacoor, Cavite, a total of 18 ballots were [...]

Sa ulat na tinipon ng grupong Courage, isang pambansang organisasyon ng mga kawani ng pamahalaan, iba’t ibang problema sa botohan ang naitala sa mga presinto sa Metro Manila:   Nasira ang PCOS machine sa : precinct number 1793asa brgy Macario Asistio HighSchool, Caloocan. Precinct number 3286 – 4196 ng St. Michael School Citihomes Subd, Molino, [...]

News release May 13, 2103   Field reports reaching the Kontra Daya monitoring center cited widespread cases of malfunctioning PCOS machines and delays in various polling places around the country. The group said that the PCOS malfunctions reported today were “widespread” and had a major effect on the conduct of the elctions. Kontra Daya also [...]

Press statement May 9, 2013 Reference: Dr. Giovanni Tapang, Convenor It appears the source code of the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines is available for review by political parties and other interested groups. The problem is, with just three days left before the midterm elections, a thorough review of the source code to verify [...]

News Release News Release May 9, 2013   The poll watchdog group Kontra Daya today called on Malacanang to immediately probe and determine the cause of the massive power outage last May 8 which affected up to 40% of the power in Luzon. The outage lasted for several hours. The group also urged poll officials to [...]

PCOS problems   At the Muntinlupa Elementary School’s Clustered Precinct 102 in Muntinlupa City, the PCOS machine failed to start twice. When the it was finally turned on, the screen read “problem detected with memory card” A PCOS machine in Tarabucan, Calbayog in Samar broke down, with smoke coming out from the machine At the [...]

  Kontra Daya Press statement May 6, 2013   The Commission on Elections (Comelec) intends to use today’s final testing and sealing (FTS) to assure the public of the credibility of the upcoming polls and the reliability of the automated election system (AES). Unfortunately, the results of the FTS merely reinforced the widespread public fear [...]