Filipinos in Singapore to test Internet voting

The Philippine Star 02/22/2007

SINGAPORE (AFP) – In a first for the Philippines' cumbersome electoral process, Filipinos working in Singapore can use the Internet to vote for their candidates in May mid-term elections, the service provider said.

Spanish technology firm Scytl said on its website that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Manila has awarded the firm a contract to conduct the Philippines' first online voting.

Filipinos in tech-savvy Singapore will be the first to try the system.

"The Comelec has awarded a contract to Scytl to carry out the first Internet election in the Philippines," the company said.


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posted by: Mel Mags,SIKAP HQ