Automation can only worsen election fraud« Thread Started on Aug 27, 2007, 11:28pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Automation can only worsen election fraudsubj: democracy Philippines read at source> http://www.manilatimes.net/national/200 ... tmlPending before the Commission on Elections are bids from private contractors to automate voting. Exasperated by the slow counting of ballots—along with the cheating that accompanies the process—many Filipinos are clamoring for electoral reform. Automation is now seen as the panacea to the stubborn disease of election fraud. Some Filipinos, however, warn that automating the vote count can only make things worse. One of them is Roberto Verzola, ironically an information technology expert.