Defective voting machines used in a US congressional election in the state of Florida have been traced to a factory in the Philippines, an American news anchor has exposed in a 13-minute Web news clip.
In his HDNet report, Dan Rather was able to trace the touchscreen voting machines produced by Ivotronic Touchscreen to a Manila factory of Teletech Corp. Teletech has been identified as owned by a businessman named Edwin Ching. Reports said that Ching is well-connected.
Rather looked into the origin of the voting machines after losing US congressional candidate Christine Jennings questioned the result of the election last year before the US Congress. Jennings blamed her loss to Ivotronic's voting machines.
One of the defects, as shown on the news clip, was the machine's tendency to register a vote for a candidate different from the voter's choice. Some Teletech employees interviewed by Rather revealed that the factory was more concerned on "quantity" rather than quality when these were on the assembly line.
An employee who declined to show his face on camera told Rathers that factory officials ignored workers' complaints about several defects in the machines. The employee said these defective machines were still shipped to the US despite the problems encountered during assembly.
The employee added that the assembly of the machines were rushed to meet a shipping deadline. Eddie Vibar, a former Teletech engineer, also exposed the literal "manual shake test" being practiced in the factory. He said the shake test is used to check for loose bolts.
ABS-CBN News correspondent Paul Henson went to the Teletech factory in Manila for a company statement. He, however, was refused entry by the security guard who said there are no officials available for interview.
Henson reported that the company's signage indicate that it is ISO certified, which means it has passed international standards. Rather's report has alarmed voters not only in America, but also in the Philippines. The Philippine government has been aiming to automate the presidential election in 2010.
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Ayos....I liked that "shake test", to check for loose bolts.
Si Jennings nabiktima ng "dagdag bawas" sa voting machines ng Ivotronic/Teletech. He-he!
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August 16th, 2007 01:14 AM #3hehe, akala siguro nung "well-connected" owner, sa elections natin gagamitin yung machines
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August 16th, 2007 03:54 AM #5Pinapa-sample lang sa US at iyan ang mga machines na gagamitin sa 2010 Philippine elections
here's the video link.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...85179676&hl=en
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August 16th, 2007 07:15 AM #7Kaya nga sa paggawa nating mga Pinoy,- hindi puwedeng "puwede na".
Dapat,- "puwedeng puwede"...
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August 16th, 2007 11:08 AM #11Proudly Philippine Made!
Maybe they were supposed to be used for the local elections and they mixed them up with the ones bound for the US.
OR....
They were ALL made like that!
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August 16th, 2007 01:19 PM #12Black eye na naman tayo. Ma-rereinforce tuloy yung image natin as the cheating capital of the world, kahit hindi naman totoo.
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August 16th, 2007 04:16 PM #13Whoever was the procurement manager for those machines is stupid.
If he needs machines like this, he should've gotten from Germany instead not from the Phils.
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August 16th, 2007 04:35 PM #15Teka, diba software dapat ang sinisisi, not hardware since touch screen to hehe
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August 16th, 2007 04:52 PM #16Can actually be hardware problem. Baka kulang or sobra sa flex yung touch screen, ang napipindot yung kalaban na candidate
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August 16th, 2007 05:32 PM #17touchscreen na pala ang botohan sa US.... tayo dito ballpen pa din...
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August 16th, 2007 07:28 PM #18at least hinde arroyo or zubiri lumabas doon sa result sa america....
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August 16th, 2007 09:00 PM #19hmm... i also tend to think that this is more of a software glitch than anything less.
Unless, it is proven through adequate testing, that there is an engineering flaw in the design, thats the only time I would beleive. THe thing is, the design for this machine most probably came from the US or some other country like Taiwan., it is rare for a company in the Philippines to have R&D. Most manufacturing companies here source their R&D labs in other more industrialized countries. It may be true that design flaws may have been discovered by the QA engineers here, but the design team (from abroad) may have thought otherwise.
I dont think Filipino engineers would produce substandard products, unless the original design is flawed in the first place
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