Filipinos based here and in Singapore began voting today, Saturday, for national positions in the Philippines and took a first try at the automated polls.
Cesar Flores, President of Smartmatic Asia, said that so far, voting has been ongoing without any interuptions, as the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines were “running well”.
At the end of today’s voting period, the machines will print out an initial election return, which will be recorded by the Special Board of Election Inspectors.
Flores assured that the machines were secured in the center. the SBEIs will also print a document before the start of the voting period each day to show that there were no changes made in the data inside the machines during the night.