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PHILIPPINE COMPUTER SOCIETY ASSESSMENT REPORT
ON THE PROBABLE INCIDENCES OF FRAUD IN THE LONE
DISTRICT OF BILIRAN DURING THE 2010 ELECTIONS
A select panel of Philippine Computer Society (PCS) members and
officerswas convened upon the invitation of Biliran Kawsa, a
registered peoplesmovement, questioning the integrity of the 2010
elections in the province andlone district of Biliran.
The objective of the panel was to provide a technical
appreciation of theevidences presented by Biliran Kawsa regarding
what they claim wereinstances of fraud committed during the May 10,
2010 elections specificBiliran.
Based on the evidences presented, the PCS panel concluded that
there werehighly questionable instances where the probability of
fraud may have beenperpetrated using the PCOS machines.
Using the audit trail of the PCOS machines and the computer
audit trail of theMunicipal Board of Canvassers (MBOC), several
incidences stood out:
1. The audit trail of the MBOC computers showed that it received
thetransmission of the elections results for a precinct from an
internetaddress. But a few hours later, the same audit trail showed
that theMBOC computer received another batch of elections results
for theSAME precinct from ANOTHER internet address. Seven (7)
precinctswere observed to have this pattern.
2. The audit trail of a PCOS in a certain precinct showed all
the tasksthat the PCOS performed, including four unsuccessful
transmissionattempts to the MBOC computers. The last entry in the
audit trail wasthe closing down of the PCOS with no results
transmitted. But threehours later, the MBOC audit trail showed that
the MBOC computerreceived, from a different IP address, a
successful transmission fromthe precinct where the PCOS was already
closed.
3. There was an instance when the transmission to the MBOC
occurred
past midday of May 11 or about 29 hours after the polling place
firstopened.
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The three examples cited raise concerns about the integrity of
the Biliranelections using PCOS machines.
The first instance showed that the MBOC computers could receive
electionresults for the SAME precinct from several PCOS machines --
with thepossibility of bearing different results.
The second instance showed that the MBOC computers could -- and,
in thisinstance, did -- receive elections returns independent of
the PCOS assignedto the precinct (since the PCOS of that precinct
was already closed).
The third instance shows the MBOC can accept transmissions
outside thenormal range of time allowed for a reasonable delay in
the transmission. Thislong gap in transmission may be used to alter
the authentic elections resultsfor pivotal precincts.
The panel also observed that there were inconsistent protective
countersdisplayed by the PCOS machines. Like the odometer of a
vehicle, theprotective counter indicates the number of ballots
previously scanned by thePCOS machine. The protective counters
displayed from 1 to as many as 138prior to the actual start of
voting. The MBOC audit logs also had errormessages in Spanish,
indicating that the software used may have beenrehashed from a
previous election exercise. The Filipino taxpayer may havepaid
brand new prices for second hand PCOS machines.
PCS is inviting everyone to review the PCOS and MBOC audit
trails that itused to arrive at this conclusion.
Moving forward, the Philippine Computer Society enjoins the
Commission onElections and its newly formed Advisory Council as
well as the JointCongressional Oversight Committee on Automated
Elections to thoroughlyreview its plans for the upcoming automation
of the 2013 elections to avoidinstances such as the ones previously
mentioned that will cast doubts on the
integrity of the election process.
