WHATEVER voting and counting system the Commission on Elections (Comelec) chooses to implement for the 2016 Presidential elections there is still a need to get the election returns electronically transmitted from the voting precincts to their respective city and municipal canvassing servers (CCS) for consolidation. And, there is also a need for a consolidation and canvassing system at each city or municipality, at each province, at the Comelec, at Congress where the Senate and House of Representatives will jointly convene for the canvassing of election results for the President and Vice President. The Election Automation Law, Republic Act No. 8436 as amended by Republic Act No. 9369, requires that canvassing and consolidation be done in a ladderized manner.

Records would show that about 92% of election returns were transmitted to canvassing and transparency servers in the 2010 elections while only about 76% of election returns reached their target destinations.

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