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In 2016, for the third time in a row, the Philippines automated their elections using electronic vote counting machines. The deployment of 92,500 of these machines was the largest in the world. Brazil and India, countries which also use technology to process their votes, employ e-voting instead of an automated count.
Electronic voting is voting that uses electronic means to either aid or take care of casting and counting ballots including voting time. Depending on the particular implementation, e-voting may use standalone electronic voting machines (also called EVM) or computers connected to the Internet (online voting). It may encompass a range of Internet ...
Electronic voting typically takes two forms: physical e-voting, such as electronic voting machines at polling stations, [14] and remote e-voting via the Internet. Remote e-voting is a potent tool for e-participation as it provides the convenience of voting from any location at any time, thereby reducing the time and cost associated with voting.
This national implementation of electronic voting was intended to increase the accuracy and speed of vote tallying. [124] In addition, it was expected to decrease the fraud and corruption found in past Philippine elections. On 3 May 2010, the Philippines pre-tested the electronic voting systems.
In 2016, for the third time in a row, the Philippines automated their elections using electronic vote counting machines. The deployment of 92,500 of these machines was the largest in the world. Brazil and India, countries which also use technology to process their votes, employ e-voting instead of an automated count. [5]
The first direct-recording electronic voting machine to be used in a government election was the Video Voter. This was developed by the Frank Thornber Company in Chicago. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Video Voter saw its first trial use in 1974 near Chicago, Illinois , and remained in use until 1980.
Several electronic voting machines malfunctioned, with some refusing to accept ballot papers, while others bogged down. [4] As a result of the delays, COMELEC has extended voting hours from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. [5]
An electronic referendum (or e-referendum) is a referendum in which voting is aided by electronic means. E-referendum employs information and communication technology such as the Internet (e-voting) or digital telephones rather than a classical ballot box or traditional methods system. [ 1 ]