Defective automated election system (AES), true will of the voters not reflected in the election results, confused general public, “accidental” officials of the government, wasted taxpayers’ money, curious judges of the lower courts, improper proclamation of winning candidates due to elections results not digitally signed and electronically transmitted, etc. are just some of the consequences when brilliant Comelec lawyers and the top-notch engineers and IT professionals from the Comelec Advisory Council (CAC) and Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) don’t meet eye to eye when they discuss RA 9369, RA 9184, RA 8792 and Rules on Electronic Evidence (REE). Is there something different between these lawyers and technologists? None….if they talk in the same language that they both understand.
Let’s take several considerations from the experiences we had in the 2010 and 2013 national and local elections related to digital signatures, to wit:
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