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CaseStudyAutomatedElectionSystemCertificationTesting

fortheRepublicofPhilippines

TraciMappsandMikeSantos

CaseStudy - AutomatedElectionSystemCertificationTestingfortheRepublicofPhilippines

ØMorethan100 millionpeopleand7,641islands.

ØIn2007,becauseofaccusationsofelectoralfraudinelectoralprocessesintheprevious4decades,theCommissiononElections inthePhilippines(COMELEC)initiatedanationwideprogramtoautomatetheelectoralprocessforthe2010presidentialelections.

ØWiththesupportoftheCongress,fundingwasprovidedforimplementationofthefirstnationwideelectionconductedwithopticalmarkreadingequipmentwiththegoaltoincreasetransparencyandcredibilityoftheelectoralprocess.

ProjectBackground


RepublicActNo.9369“ANACTAUTHORIZINGTHECOMMISSIONONELECTIONSTOUSEANAUTOMATED

ELECTIONSYSTEMINTHENATIONALORLOCALELECTIONS..TOENCOURAGETRANSPARENCY,CREDIBILITY,FAIRNESSANDACCURACYOFELECTIONS,“

ØA key provision of the act required third party, independent testing by an internationallyaccredited voting system test authority be used to certify the system prior to the election

ØCOMELEC sent out a Request for Information (RFI) to a shortlist of international certificationentities (ICEs) as recommended by the COMELEC Advisory Council (CAC).


ScopeoftheProjectØDeliverthecomprehensivetestingandauditresultsrequiredtosupport atimelygo/nogodecisionforelectronicelections.

ØConductafullcertificationofanewvotingsysteminsixmonthsasopposed tomoretypicalUSschedulesthataverageapproximately1yearormore.

ØCertifytheperformance,accuracyandsecurityofthesystem’ssoftwareandhardwareaccordingtoapplicableportionsoftheEACVVSGandtotheRA9369.

ØPerformcodereviewfor1.4millionLOC,documentationreview,hardwaretesting,functionaltesting,electronictransmission/communicationtesting,trustedbuild,recommendationsonfieldtestandmockelectionplans.

ØProvidetransparencytocitizenstakeholderandpoliticalgroups


PhilippinesGeneralElection2016

ØThePhilippineelectionscomprisetheworld’slargestautomatedvotecountingprojectintheworld.

ØOnMay9th,55,736,801Philippinevotersheadedto36,805pollingcentersnationwideforthe2016GeneralElection.

ØForthiselection,57millionballotswereprintedandCOMELECdeployed93,754OMR(OpticalMarkRecognition)machines.Thesemachinestransmittedresultsto1,739canvassingcentersforconsolidation.Resultswerepostedonthewebforthegeneralpublicinnearrealtime.

ØThiselectionmarkedthethirdconsecutivetimethatthePhilippinesautomatesnationalelections.


TechnicalSpecificationsEMSSupport

Ø93,000PrecinctsØ5500OfficesØ16,500SeatsContestedØ45,000CandidatesØ29inchBallots

PollingPlaceOMRwithTransmissionØ3VerifiedPollingPlaceElectionOfficialsØ ElectronicSignatureKeys

HierarchicalCanvassing andConsolidation SystemØMunicipalØRegionalØNationalØCentralØ Media


SystemArchitecture


TestinginManila


COMELECWarehouse


In2016thenewPresidentwasknownontheeveningoftheelectionwith86%ofthevotestransmitted.

“Leveragingtechnology andthecommittedeffortofthesocietyasawhole,weconductedarecord-breakingelectionwhichdeliveredaccurate,transparentandlegitimateresultsandcontributed toahistoricturnoutof81.7%”saidAndresBautista,chairmanofthePhilippine CommissiononElections(COMELEC).


SummaryandConclusionØThetrustinelection results amongsttheFilipinopeoplehaveincreasedconsiderablyinthePhilippines duetoautomatedelections.

ØBeforeautomation,manualcountingandcanvassingofvotestookweeks andoftenuptoamonth. Electionsarenowprocessedwithin10-12hours.

ØViolenceassociatedwithelections hassignificantly beenreducedduetoautomation.

ØTheFilipino peoplehaveanincreasedtrustoftheElectionsonCommissionswiththerevolutionofhowelectionsarerun.


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