WE have not learned our lessons. It happened during the 2010 national and local elections. It happened again these 2016 national and local elections (NLE). Mark my words—it is bound to happen again in 2019 and in 2022, unless we change our Automated Election System (AES).
The 2010 NLE was plagued with non-functioning and overheating Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines, among others. The PCOS machines counted (or miscounted) votes in favor of another candidate, sometimes crediting votes to a candidate who was not even voted at all—thanks to the digital lines courtesy of a dirty Mylar. PCOS machines failed to transmit, even with their touted BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) portable satellite devices.
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