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- Title: Learning from Election Automation (Essay)
- Author : Juhani Grossmann
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 46 KB
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The May 2010 elections marked a massive step forward in Philippine political progress. First results indicating who was elected president were available before midnight on Election Day. Other candidates signified acceptance of the result by conceding that same night; a first in Philippine politics where there are usually only winners and those who "were cheated." Voters indicated their approval by returning to work as if nothing happened the next morning--a stark contrast to the historic protracted wait, upheavals, and destabilization. This marks astonishing political progress, a previously unknown mainstreaming and "normalization" of the election process. The success of the automated system was especially remarkable considering the electoral environment it was introduced to. The standard mantra of election automation guides and prescriptions is that automation should only be attempted in a functioning, stable, and credible election system. The upheavals that have long accompanied elections in the Philippines indicate that its system was neither. The Philippines, however, turned the logic for automation upside down. The country's Commission on Elections (COMELEC) decided to implant an automated system specifically with the intention of increasing speed and accuracy of the electoral process. By decreasing human intervention, went the logic, we are decreasing opportunities for fraud. Automation's primary purpose was thus not efficiency and convenience, as is the case in established democracies, but improving credibility of the electoral process. It appears to date that this gamble has paid off. Detailed studies are ongoing to determine the root causes of the May 2010 achievement and processes needed to replicate it in future electoral exercises. Theses should prove useful in guiding detailed future election preparations, both in the Philippines and other developing countries attempting automation.
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