Reply #13: Here is the additional information I promised you Bev

[FreakinDJ]

Here Bev
This is the additional information on the E-voting machines being tossed out of the Philippiines

SC voids P1.3B deal, orders Comelec probe
by Ron Arriola
The Supreme Court declares the P1.3 billion contract between the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and Mega-Pacific eSolutions null and void, thus making manual counting of votes the only option to determine the winners in the May 10 elections.
In a strongly worded resolution, the High Court rules that the Comelec violated the law and its own bidding rules in order to award the contract to a non-existent consortium for the supply of automated counting machines, “which turn out to be highly defective and vulnerable to election fraud on a massive scale. . . .”
The Supreme Court votes 9-3-2 to nullify the contract. It also orders the Ombudsman to prosecute all those involved in the questionable transaction and the Solicitor General to recover the P849,167,697.41 already spent. Three justices dissented while the two others asked for more time to study the case.

accepted the computers and the programs, “which had failed to pass eight critical requirements designed to safeguard the integrity of the elections.”

The counting machines, the High Court observes, failed to detect previously downloaded results and prevent them from being inputted again in several tests conducted to determine their performance accuracy. They were found incapable of showing the audit trail of the count/canvass at different levels, which is necessary to trace and verify the identities of operators who make the entries and download the results as well as the time when such entries and downloads are made.


http://www.philippinestoday.net/2004/February/coverstory2_204.htm




MegaPacific Consortium is composed of Mega-Pacific e-Services Inc., ePLDT, election.com, WeSolv Philippines and SKC&C.

Seems like election.com is a name you should be familure with. Here are some excerpts from their own web site
Election.com…… in the United States, we are helping states develop strategic plans to meet federal requirements, implementing Statewide Voter Registration Systems and building the Defense Department's 2004 Internet voting solution for military and overseas citizens

http://www.ifesbuyersguide.org/detailtest.php?id=67&title=Equipment&subtitle=Eq_CompSoft_NetSecurity

and here are the criminal charges being handed down to the officials involved in the Philippines.

Republic of the Philippines )
Quezon City, Metro Manila ) S. S.


COMPLAINT - AFFIDAVIT


I, AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL, JR., Filipino, of legal age, with office address at 6th Floor, Senate, Pasay City, Philippines, after having been sworn in accordance with law, hereby depose and state that:

1. I am a Filipino taxpayer and a Senator of the Republic.

2. I am charging before the Office of the Ombudsman the following Commissioners of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), namely:

* Benjamin Abalos, Jr. (the Chairman);
* Luzviminda Tancangco;
* Ralph Lantion;
* Mehol Sedain;
* Resurreccion Z. Borra;
* Rufino Javier;
* Florentino Tuason, Jr.;

with the crime of violation of Sections 3(e) and 3(g) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (Rep. Act No. 3019)1 committed as hereunder narrated.

3. The above-named respondents may be served with summons and other processes of this Office at their respective offices located in the Commission of Elections Main Office, Intramuros, Manila.

The statement of facts is rather interesting. These are the findings of the Philippine supreme court…

• " also accepted the proferred (sic) computer hardware and software even if, at the time of the award, they had undeniably failed to pass eight critical requirements designed to safeguard the integrity of elections." (See page 2, Decision)

http://www.nenepimentel.org/news/20040121_Ombudsman_Complaint.asp