Read more about the article PCIJ REPORT | Watchdogs monitor more bad machines
Elections at Buldon Central Elementary School in Barangay Mataya, Municipality of Buldon, Maguindanao Province experienced delays at around 7 am as some vote counting machines (VCMs) failed to function. (Trisha Aligato/davaotoday.com)

PCIJ REPORT | Watchdogs monitor more bad machines

A DISASTROUS mess. That, in a nutshell, is the picture painted by field reports obtained by PCIJ from poll watchdogs National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) and Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) regarding the pilot testing of the Voter Registration Verification Machines (VRVMs) during the May 13, 2019 elections.

Continue ReadingPCIJ REPORT | Watchdogs monitor more bad machines
Read more about the article PCIJ REPORT | A billion-peso blunder: 6 in 10 machines to verify voters conked out, not used at all
Residents in Barangay Buhangin participate ?in ?the ?f?inal ?t?esting and ?s?ealing of the ?voting? c?ounting ?machine?s? ?(VCM?)? at the Buhangin Elementary School? in Davao City?. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

PCIJ REPORT | A billion-peso blunder: 6 in 10 machines to verify voters conked out, not used at all

THE MAY 2019 elections have been declared to be fraud-free by both election officials and watchdogs, but by all indications, its conduct and process were not entirely fault-free.

Continue ReadingPCIJ REPORT | A billion-peso blunder: 6 in 10 machines to verify voters conked out, not used at all