TCrES an option in 2016 polls

WITH the 2016 elections drawing closer and with no certainty if it will be able to have enough counting machines, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is now considering using the transparent and credible election system (TCrES) next year.

Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista told the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Automated Election System (JCOC-AES) that the poll body considered using the TCrES in case the biddings for the refurbishment and repair of 80,000 Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines and the acquisition of additional counting machines fail.