UNLESS something extraordinary happens, the Commission on Election (Comelec) will push though with the 2016 presidential elections using Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines despite calls of some groups to get rid of the machines and go back to supposedly more transparent manual balloting.

Chairperson Sixto Brillantes Jr. of the Comelec said there is no stopping the poll body from conducting automated elections in 2016.

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