#electronic voting

7-hour glitch, 60-30-10 voting, and other theories in the Philippines In any election, there will be winners and losers. Since automated elections began in 2010, the process goes like this: the voter marks their preferences in ballots, puts the marked ballots in the PCOS machine, and at the end of the day, the votes are counted electronically. When this server was supposedly "overwhelmed" with data coming from various voting precincts across the nation, the parallel quick count stopped, but the central server kept receiving returns. In 2013, a voting pattern dubbed as "60-30-10" went rounds in the web and caused concern for some about the credibility of automated elections. While this appears to be less complex than the 60-30-10 voting pattern, it has similar concerns. Similar to the argument against the alleged 60-30-10 voting pattern, varying bailiwicks can be noted. According to the Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), 49 of 178 countries surveyed have adopted a form of electronic voting in either national or subnational elections, including the Philippines. While 9 countries have abandoned electronic voting, 25 countries have been conducting studies on its applications in their respective settings. Read more in our articles including "A brief history of automated elections in the Philippines (Part 2)" and "TECNO POVA Curve 2: Top 4 Best Features".