May 10, 2010

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May 10, 2010 is the date of the First Automated Election here in the Philippines. This is will make our nation the first country to used an automated election in Asia. This will be considered as historical. The world is watching if this kind of election is successful or not, specially to a third world country like the Philippines.

Six days from now May 10, 2010 National and Local Elections will happen. More or less 50 Million Filipino voters will go out and vote. However, as of this writing the COMELEC or the Commission on Election and the SmartMatic, the company who handles the automation are recalling more than 76,000 Compact Flash ( CF ) Cards or  Memory Cards of the Precinct Count Optical Scan ( PCOS ) Machine and replaced them with a reconfigured Memory Cards.

This development worries the majority of the Filipinos. Smartmatic must race against time and delivered the reconfigured CF Memory Cards to all the precincts all over the country before May 10, 2010 and that is 6 days from now. Everybody is hoping that this election will be a successful one because otherwise civil unrest might erupt.

We are praying!  And together let's watch how May 10, 2010 Automated Election shape our country, the Philippines! So, Help Us GOD!