Rappler's latest stories on voting machine
Defective machine at Grace Poe's precinct bogs down voting
(4th UPDATE) Relectionist Senator Grace Poe initially fails to cast her ballot after the vote-counting machine in her polling precinct encounters a technical problem

Comelec returns 97,000 voting machines to Smartmatic
The Comelec says it is not required to keep materials that do not contain election results data for the election protest of Ferdinand Marcos Jr against Leni Robredo

10% of machines in overseas absentee voting 'defective'
The Comelec presses Smartmatic on why 13 out of 130 vote counting machines have malfunctioned during overseas absentee voting

‘Ghost’ citizens, voting machines, Berlin asylum rules | 12PM wRap
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Philippines’ voting machines to be made in China
The Comelec downplays concerns that the West Philippine Sea dispute can affect the manufacturing of voting machines

If SC stops Smartmatic, ex-bidder eyed to save polls
Unlike Smartmatic disqualified bidder Dermalog says it can refurbish 81 000 old vote counting machines by December
Competitor scores Smartmatic for ‘monopoly’ on polls
Without naming Smartmatic Dermalog CEO Gunther Mull says ‘the vendor in this position is trying to monopolize and I think it’s quite obvious’

Comelec on Smartmatic, LTFRB response, Cotto vs Alvarez | 6PM wRap
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Poll exec hits Smartmatic for refusing to fix PCOS
UPDATED While joining the unanimous decision to lease 93 000 machines from Smartmatic another poll commissioner says he voted ‘with a heavy heart’

Smartmatic deal, Batangas plant, China blast | 12PM wRap
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Ambassador Lucenario: The Robredo of foreign service
Through his efforts the total number of potential overseas voters in Hong Kong rose to 87 000 a number that has yet to be surpassed by any post to this day

SC stops repair of 82,000 PCOS machines
Supreme Court justices vote 12 2 to temporarily stop the contract between the Comelec and Smartmatic for the repair of vote counting machines

Koko urges Comelec to get rid of PCOS in 2016
The chairman of the Senate committee on electoral reforms doesn t want anymore of the flaws that were used in sabotage and cheating
Voting machines remain worry in US election
Few want to even think about it but the 2012 US election result could be clouded by problems with voting machines again
SC: Comelec's purchase of PCOS machines valid
The Supreme Court affirms the validity of the poll body s acquisition of P1 8 billion automated voting machines for the 2013 elections