Automated polls likely to get nod of Comelec

While saying it remains open to a “hybrid” system of elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has admitted that it is more inclined to use the law-mandated automated system, which requires the use of Optical Machine Readers (OMRs) or the controversial Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) counting machines for next year’s polls.

“In terms of what we’re going to use, I think it’s pretty obvious that our primary track is automation, but we’re looking at the hybrid as possible back-up if ever,” Comelec spokesman James Jimenez told The Manila Times,