I don’t like the PCOS because I don’t know if it correctly and accurately recorded my votes.
Republic Act No. 9369 (RA 9369), or the law that authorizes the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to use an automated election system in the conduct of our elections, identifies two technologies that may be used for voting: (a) paper-based voting system which scans paper ballots on which the voter has indicated his choices by shading geometrical figures placed beside the names of the candidates of his choice and (b) direct recording electronic election system which allows the recording of votes by means of a virtual ballot displayed on screen and the selection is made by a voter via physical buttons or virtual buttons on a touchscreen.
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