PATAS and TAPAT are two alternative voting systems demonstrated at recent mock election exercises witnessed by some Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials and found to be viable alternatives to the PCOS machines. But the same officials are quick to state that the Comelec no longer has the luxury of time to experiment and consider these alternatives for use in the 2016 presidential elections.

Designers and developers of PATAS (meaning “even” and connoting an even playing field) and TAPAT (meaning “honest, loyal”) emphasize that these are two attributes of the most suitable technology for Philippine elections, reflecting transparency, credibility, and accuracy as prime considerations in the design of the voting systems.

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