Author: Jayson Vergara
1. Mediums of Election that Makes Cheating Easier Title of Study | Author | Date Published | Data of Research | Source(Book or Internet) | Source(Link) | Paper Balot | Douglas W. Jones | May 22, 2001 | When most people speak of voting on paper ballots, they imagine that they are speaking of an ancient technology, and in a sense, this is true. Hand written paper ballots were first used in Rome in 139 BCE, and their first use in America was in 1629, to select a pastor for the Salem church. These early paper ballots offered only modest voter privacy and they were fairly easy targets for various forms of election fraud. | Internet | http://homepage.cs.uiowa. edu~jones/voting/congress.html | Title of Study: Automated Voting System
Author: Jayson Vergara Title of Study | Author | Date Published | Data of Research | Source(Book or Internet) | Source(Link) | Ballot Box | Ding Tanjuactco | N/A | Ballot/Ballot Box snatching or destructionWhere a candidate is losing in a precinct, the snatching of the ballot box or its destruction (together with its contents) will deny his opponent the lead that the latter could have enjoyed in that precinct.Ballot/Ballot box substitutionThis is a refinement of snatching or destruction. Not only does it deny the opponent of the votes he could have gotten - it also credits the cheating candidate, as many votes as there are substituted ballots. | Internet | http://aceproject.org/main/ english/ei/eix_a054.htm |
Title of Study: Automated Voting System
Author: Jayson Vergara Title of Study | Author | Date Published | Data of Research | Source(Book or Internet) | Source(Link) | Time Consuming | Ronald Meinardus | N/A | Well, it's finally Election Day and it looks like we'll be going to the polls in record numbers. But after the last voter has pulled the handle, punched the card or touched the screen, how will they count all those votes and how do they make sure the votes are counted accurately and fairly? | Internet | http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/ thepoliticalsystem/a/ votecounts.htm |
Title of Study: Automated Voting System
Author: Jayson Vergara Title of Study | Author | Date Published | Data of Research | Source(Book or Internet) | Source(Link) | Counting the Votes on Election Day | Robert Longley | N/A | Over the years, I have observed elections in several countries. Nowhere else have I witnessed so complicated and tedious procedures as in the Philippines. "We have not changed the electoral system, the manner of conducting our elections since the first municipal elections in 1898," says Damaso G. Magbual, the deputy secretary general of the National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel), confirming what every observer of Philippine elections will note: The process is complex, time-consuming, and regarding the usage of technology archaic, not to say primitive.The mere dimension of the logistical exercise on election day is mind-boggling. While Namfrel has sent out no less than 300,000 volunteers to assist in a parallel quick-count, tens of thousands of additional poll watchers populated the voting centers. In some precincts, I encountered more watchers and volunteers than actual voters. This is not to say that the turnout was low, although in some polling stations, officials and voters alike could be heard complaining about erroneous voters' lists. Reportedly these bureaucratic deficiencies prevented scores of individuals from voting. Still compared with elections in other democracies, high voter turnout is arguably one of the more positive aspect of Philippine elections. | Internet | http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/ thepoliticalsystem/a/ votecounts.htm |
Title of Study: Automated Voting System
Author: Jayson Vergara Title of Study | Author | Date Published | Data of Research | Source(Book or Internet) | Source(Link) | Time Consuming | Ronald Meinardus | N/A | Well, it's finally Election Day and it looks like we'll be going to the polls in record numbers. But after the last voter has pulled the handle, punched the card or touched the screen, how will they count all those votes and how do they make sure the votes are counted accurately and fairly? | Internet | http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/ thepoliticalsystem/a/ votecounts.htm |
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