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Faulty US poll machines made from Manila factory

Our officials are not just elected by cheating. We manufacture cheating machines for export!

Another incident that reinforces Philippine reputation as cheating capital. With a cheat for a president, what do we expect?

From ABS-CBN Online:

Defective voting machines used in a US congressional election in the state of Florida have been traced to a factory in the Philippines, an American news anchor has exposed in a 13-minute Web news clip.

In his HDNet report, Dan Rather was able to trace the touchscreen voting machines produced by Ivotronic Touchscreen to a Manila factory of Teletech Corp.

Teletech has been identified as owned by a businessman named Edwin Ching. Reports said that Ching is well-connected.

Rather looked into the origin of the voting machines after losing US congressional candidate Christine Jennings questioned the result of the election last year before the US Congress. Jennings blamed her loss to Ivotronic’s voting machines.

One of the defects, as shown on the news clip, was the machine’s tendency to register a vote for a candidate different from the voter’s choice.

Some Teletech employees interviewed by Rather revealed that the factory was more concerned on “quantity” rather than quality when these were on the assembly line.

An employee who declined to show his face on camera told Rathers that factory officials ignored workers’ complaints about several defects in the machines. The employee said these defective machines were still shipped to the US despite the problems encountered during assembly.

The employee added that the assembly of the machines were rushed to meet a shipping deadline.

Eddie Vibar, a former Teletech engineer, also exposed the literal “manual shake test” being practiced in the factory. He said the shake test is used to check for loose bolts.

ABS-CBN News correspondent Paul Henson went to the Teletech factory in Manila for a company statement. He, however, was refused entry by the security guard who said there are no officials available for interview.

Henson reported that the company’s signage indicate that it is ISO certified, which means it has passed international standards.

Rather’s report has alarmed voters not only in America, but also in the Philippines. The Philippine government has been aiming to automate the presidential election in 2010.

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41 Comments

  1. Kakahiya!

  2. Chabeli Chabeli

    “With a cheat for a president, what do we expect?”

    Terrible. The people suffer the consequences. To second the motion of Ystakei, nakakahiya talaga !

    Election automation by 2010 is part of Gloria’s legacy. Hahahhahhaha.

  3. AK-47 AK-47

    the incredible “time machine” of the queen of cheaters is soon to crash computers in year 2010 presidential election (automated voting system) in the republic of the philippines !

    hanep ! ibang pangalan ang lumalabas doon sa mga taong binoto mo?, ystakei, baka sa 2010 election ng pinas pangalan mo na ang lalabas! hahahha…

  4. AK-47 AK-47

    chabeli,
    natumbok mo, yan ang “legacy” na sinasabing iiwan ni gloria bago sya “pumanaw” sa 2010.

  5. chi chi

    Nakakahiya, nakakahiya, nakakahiya!

    Yeah, guys, cheating is Gloria’s legacy!

    Wow! the pretender to the throne is world’s greatest cheater! Another “breaking” accomplishment of Gloria for the Guiness Book!

  6. chi chi

    Haha! US pa ang nakabisto! Ginamit kaya iyan noong natalo si Gore sa Florida?!

    Huh, kinikilabutan na naman ako, kadiri si Gloria!

  7. Chabeli Chabeli

    AK-47,

    We shouldn’t really be appalled because only shady people like this Edwin Ching – who lives in Paraiso (Paradise) Street in Dasmarinas Village in Makati City – would be attracted to a Gloria. Dirt can be only be attracted to dirt, diba ? Kailangan natin ang isang dirt buster o vaccuum na makakasikup ng dumi sa ating lipunan.

  8. chi chi

    Edwin Ching is said to be well-connected. Ano pa nga ba? Lahat naman ng kakahiyang ginagawa ng mga tarantadong pinoy na tulad ni Ching ay konektado sa tianak at IpDye.

  9. goji goji

    Was it really just a faulty poll machine or made by unscrupulous makers in the Philippines upon instruction of Arroyo per Bush’s request? Bush and Arroyo might know or hiding something. Knowing that the Philippines is a country of fakes under the Arroyo government, Bush might have ordered such a machine made for his victory in Florida. It’s very possible. As a show of gratitude lest that Arroyo might disclose it, Bush government allows her to stay until this day.

  10. TonGuE-tWisTeD TonGuE-tWisTeD

    Dan Rathers has good reason to expose this. Everytime someone presses a candidate’s name on the touch screen, whether Gore’s or Bush’, one vote is aadded to a certain Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo! Woohoo!

  11. This is why I have been very much against the automation of Philippine election as advertised by some people calling themselves as the Botong Pinoy or something as if they can really solve the election cheating in the Philippines with the cheaters themselves running the election. Parang nakakaloko.

    Over in Japan, we do not even use machines to register the voters because we have a registration system that makes registration of any Japanese born in Japan registered in their respective family registries upon birth, and a very workable residence census and registry.

    I remember my friend, Orly Mercado, telling me that it would be impossible to have a registry law to pass in the Philippines because once the registry is straightened like the intact Japanese registry, wala nang makakakurakot!!! Ugh! Ang sagwa ng katwiran!

  12. Siguro ang secret deal ni Gloria kay Dubya in 2000 ganito, “You help me remove Erap, and I will send you the machine that will make you win over Gore!”

    Ching? Siguro kaparehong clan ni Fatso na taga-Fukien ang mga ancestors. No relation with Rizal, whose Chinese ancestors came from Amoy!

  13. Diego K. Guerrero Diego K. Guerrero

    Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a curse. GMA cheating virus spread from Cebu, Lanao, Maguindanao and Pampanga to shores of the United States and South America. There’s a possibility that Edwin Ching is actively lobbying his defective electronic voting machines for 2010 presidential election. Tested for its cheating efficiency.

    Palagay ko malakas ang kapit sa Malacanang. Sa video clip nadoon si Gloria sa isang signing ceremony ni Edwin Ching.

  14. goldenlion goldenlion

    Natural, well-connected talaga ang Edwin Ching na iyan!!! Paano niya makukuha ang transactions sa US automation kung hndi siya hawak na isang maliit pero may malaking kademonyohan?? The cheater, the liar and the thief will continue propagating her legacies to the end…….masalba lang ang kanyang buhay. Kapal ng sikmura at kapal ng mukha ang ginagamit nila, kaya ang kakapal na rin ng mga bulsa nila. Mga ulupong…..anaconda….buwaya….demonyo!!!

  15. Diego K. Guerrero Diego K. Guerrero

    Malakas ang connection ni Edwin Ching dahil nakabenta siya sa Comelec ang kanyang electronic cheating machine noon panahon ni dating Comelec Chairman Bernardo Pardo.

    ‘Defective’ machine supplier in U.S. also figured in past ARMM polls
    http://www.pcij.org/blog/?p=1903

  16. florry florry

    Exported na pala ang “cheating machinery” ng Pilipinas. Why don’t they offer it to the countries in Africa and in South and Latin America. At samahan na rin ng libro na ang topic ay ” how to emerge winner in an election even if you lose in the voting”. Of course ang resource persons ay gloria and her generals, abalos et al, and garci and his boys. Makakatulong din ito sa economy ng Pilipinas, huwag lang nilang kukurakutin ang e-vat nito.

  17. goji goji

    Diego, it’s called Cheaching machine.

  18. GinaCole GinaCole

    Over here in the States, we are proud to be the beacon of democracy. Over here the people don’t tolerate corrupt politicians. Republican or Democrat if you break the law you go to jail.

  19. chi chi

    Paano kaya napunta ang mga cheating machine na ‘yan sa Florida? Sino ang US politician ang umorder kay gluerilla?!

  20. DinaPinoy DinaPinoy

    dyan magaling ang pinoy. sa dayaan. pumunta ka sa mga palengke, may daya ang timbangan. sumakay ka ng taksi, may daya ang metro. ang toothpaste, malabnaw at maraming tubig.

  21. parasabayan parasabayan

    I wonder if the computerized elections in 2010 in PI will be facilitated by this company who manufactured the “lemon” voting machines sold to the US.

    In the US, once the problem is detected, it is corrected. In PI, if there is a problem, everyone points a finger at someone else and worse, the investigation takes a century until all the villains are either dead or have migrated to other countries, living in luxury with the looted money.

    Kaya sa Pilipinas, walang asenso talaga. Justice delayed is justice denied.

  22. AK-47 AK-47

    DinaPinoy Says:

    August 16th, 2007 at 10:42 am

    dyan magaling ang pinoy. sa dayaan. pumunta ka sa mga palengke, may daya ang timbangan. sumakay ka ng taksi, may daya ang metro. ang toothpaste, malabnaw at maraming tubig.

    reply: hinde na nakapagtataka eto! eh kung mismong mukha nga dinadaya! pero ang mga mandaraya ay iyong mga walang puso at konsensya lang, tama ba ako “filipino-not” ???

  23. Kaya siguro hindi makahindi si Dubya kay Glueria. Kulang na lang na panakot ni Glueria iyong machine na ibinenta pala ng pongang si Ching! Kakahiya! Isa na namang blot sa mga pinoy—alila na ng mundo, tatsing pa tapos ngayon Numero Unong Mandaraya pa na infamous ngayon sa paggawa ng cheating machine. Susmaryopes talaga!!! Puede ba, patalsikin na, now na. Pakisipa nga ng malakas sa PU harap at likod!!!

  24. AK-47 AK-47

    ystakei says:
    “Susmaryopes talaga!!! Puede ba, patalsikin na, now na. Pakisipa nga ng malakas sa PU harap at likod!!!”

    reply: hahahaha…, ystakei kumulo na naman dugo mo ! ano ba yong PU at ako na mismo sisipa ! smile!!! sabi ko nman sayo wag mo masyado ibuhos ang galit mo, isipin mo 3 taon pa ang pagkulo ng mga dugo natin dito !

  25. Mrivera Mrivera

    “Isa na namang blot sa mga pinoy—alila na ng mundo, tatsing pa tapos ngayon Numero Unong Mandaraya pa na infamous ngayon sa paggawa ng cheating machine.”

    yuko, sila lang, sa kanila lang.

    hindi kahihiyan sa mga pinoy na sukang suka na sa kanilang kawalanghiyaan!

    sila sila rin ang merong kinalaman. sa mukha lamang nila tatapal ang kahihiyan, kung meron silang hiya!

  26. Mrivera Mrivera

    DinaPinoy Says: “dyan magaling ang pinoy. sa dayaan. pumunta ka sa mga palengke, may daya ang timbangan. sumakay ka ng taksi, may daya ang metro. ang toothpaste, malabnaw at maraming tubig.”

    kaya pala ayaw mo ng maging pinoy. pero kaibigan, sila lang ang gumagawa nu’n. ‘yung mga hindi gustong mamuhay nang marangal. mga takot mahirapan at lumaban nang parehas.

    huwag mo kaming idamay. huwag mong nilalahat!

  27. Bakit mo sinabing tatlong taon, AK-47! Bakit gusto mo pang maghintay till 2010 para patalsikin si unano?

    Palabasin lang si Senator Trillanes, pihado ko sa iyo, bukas na bukas din, tatalsik na iyong puede mong sipain sa WIT at KI. Gets mo?

    At saka anong kumulo na naman ang dugo ko? Pirming kumukulo kapag nakikita ko sa TV iyong gaga na nakausli ang ipin kung magsalita. Kaya nga hindi ako nagsu-subscribe sa mga TV channel na pilipino. Sa Japan, pinapanood ko BBC, CNN, ABC at Al Jazeera.

    Right now. nandito ako sa Tate. Nanonood iyong bayaw ko ng balita sa ABS-CBN. Pag pinapakita si unano, nililipat naming ang palabas. Kakasuka kasi ang itsura! 😛

    Libre dyaryong pilipino dito. Depressing lahat ang balita gaya noong tungkol sa isang Tsinoy doctor sa Georgia na nakakulong for murdering a patient of his.

    Buti na lang meron itong blog ni Ellen. Antidote sa HBP sa totoo lang!

  28. conqueror46 conqueror46

    Ang alam kong ka transaksiyon ni Glueria doon sa mga adding machines ay si Clinton, samakatwid nagkaroon ng double cross sa deal na ito dahil napunta kay Bush. Maari din namang pumayag na rin si Clinton na gamitin ni Bush ang adding machine para siya naman ang gagamit uli sa susunod na eleksiyon. Samakatwid nabahiran na rin ng karumal dumal na pandaraya ang ipinagmamalaki nilang DEMOKRASYA. DESGRASYA NA NGAYON….

  29. AK-47 AK-47

    ystakei,
    eh parehas pala tayo na tumatakbo kapag nakikita si gloria sa TV! hahahhaaa… cge at pauwi na rin ako sa bahay.

  30. Ang masakit, Magno, kasalanan ng isang pilipino, damay ang lahat. Alam ko iyan kaya nga nagpursigi akong mawala ang mga Japayuki sa Japan. Buti na nga lang hindi ako mukhang pilipino kasi kapag pinay ang mukha mo sa Japan, ang tanong agad kung saan club nagtatrabaho.

    Ganyan ang nangyari sa isang pinsan kong pinay na pinay ang mukha kasi wala naman siyang lahing hapon. Pinapunta ko sa Japan para tulungan kong mag-aral at tulungan niya akong alagaan ang anak ko noon. Umuwi isang araw na umiiyak kasi tinanong ng isang hapon kung saan siyang club nagtratrabaho. Dahil hindi naman hostess at matino, nainsulto. Kaya sabi ko sa kaniya, kapag may nagtanong sa kaniya ulit kung pinay siya, sabihin niyang Indonesian siya kasi malapit kami sa Indonesian Embassy sa Tokyo. Ganoon nga ang ginawa niya. Mula nang sabihin niyang hindi siya pinay, wala nang nambastos sa kaniya!

  31. Ang aral dito, Magno, dahil sa kasalanan ng kahit kaunti, lahat damay. Sa Japan, ang reputation ng mga pilipino ay kundi tatsing, magnanakaw o alila. Huwag nang pinapaganda pa ang pangalan gaya ng mga katulong na Super-Maid Tech o iyong mga tatsing, GRO. Tapos iyong ungas na galamay ni unano na si Lagman, ipinagmalaki pang No. 1 Export ng Pilipinas ang mga pilipinong ibinubugaw nila sa ibang bansa. Ewww!!!

    OK lang magtrabaho sa ibang bansa ang mga pilipino kung iyon ang gusto nila, pero iyong pinagkakakuwartahan pa ng gobyerno ang pagbanat nila ng buto, e hindi na tama para sa akin. White slavery na iyan lalo na iyong mga nirerekomendang trabaho sa kanila na puro risky at walang class. Walang pinag-iba iyan sa mga ibinebentang alipin noong unang panahon!

    Worse, ngayon pa nga, ina-advertise ang pagbebenta ng mga laman-laman ng mga pilipino na pares na isa pang dine-develop na industriya ni pandak. Duda ko nga na baka iyong mga sundalong pinapatay sa Mindanao ang pakay ay kunin ang kanilang mga laman-laman at ikinokontrabando sa ibang bansa!!! Yuck!

    Sila kayang mga Pidal, bakit hindi nila subukang magpa-alila, mag-tatsing o magbenta ng kanilang mga kidney, etc?

  32. Shaman of Malilipot Shaman of Malilipot

    If truth be told, ginawa lang na “pilot test” ni Ching yung Florida elections. Successful! High-tech cheating is now assured come 2010.

  33. Diego K. Guerrero Diego K. Guerrero

    There’s something wrong here. The Comelec bought 42 counting machines from AIS at $15,000 each. These are the same electronic cheating machines built by Edwin Ching’s factory and sold to the United States at much lower price @$3,000. Anak ng jueteng, bulok na overpriced pa.

  34. luzviminda luzviminda

    DKG,

    Ibig sabihin eh gustong palabasin na galing US ang machine at imported. Ang laking kurakot na naman yan!

  35. TonGuE-tWisTeD TonGuE-tWisTeD

    Isa pang nakangingitngit, yung P1B counting machines ni Abalos, ano’ng ginagawa niya doon? Bubulukin lang? Bakit di ibenta sa ibang bansa para magamit yung pera? Ipinagbawal na nga ng Supreme Court, ibino-bodega pa. Anong ginagawa nila sa utos ng korte na ibalik sa supplier at ipabalik ang pera? Tang…!

  36. Diego K. Guerrero Diego K. Guerrero

    Obsolete na. Pang-junk shop na lang. Ang masakit 100% bayad na sa Mega Pacific supplier. Kumita na sila. Tapos naka-bodega at binabayan ng taumbayan ang storage fee. Double jeopardy.

  37. Diego K. Guerrero Diego K. Guerrero

    Malamang pinalabas na imported dahil ang supplier ay mga Kano para masmalaking kurakot.

  38. rose rose

    Huwag mong lahatin na magaling ang Pinoy sa dayaan..Ang karamihan sa atin ay mahihirap na nagtitiis dahil sa kadayaan of a few who now serve the administration..sila ang magaling magdaya..at hi tech pa- kaya ang dapat ilagay sa tombstone niya ay “here lies GMA who lies still.” ang sabi nga..”figures don’t lie, but liars could certainly figure how..re the cheating machine..hindi kaya may kinalaman si Clinton? Noong si Clinton ang presidente, doon nagsimula ang pagpasok ang gaya nila Osama bin Laden, at yoong mga nagwasak sa WTC. I don’t think Bush cheated his way to the White House..

  39. Rose.

    The cheating machine was sold to Florida and the governor then was Bush’s brother. Bush won in Florida not in California, etc. The elections in 2000 and 2004 in the US were definitely disappointing and rather anomalous with results taking too long a time to be known unlike before, and now we know for a fact—dinadaya.

    I don’t like Clinton, either. Sobra likot sa babae!!! I don’t like his wife to win the democratic nomination likewise. Nakakata-cute!!!

    My family is traditionally Republican but I don’t like
    Dubya Bush, not even the father. Palpak!

  40. goji goji

    If I’m not mistaken, the Church of the Latter Day Saints is also pro-Republicans. They may not be interfering in politics unlike what other groups do, but some of the elected politicians are members of LDS. So in a way, the church is also involved in politics. The Republicans mostly represent the business sector and the elite. That’s the reason why the Jews are for Republicans too. And yes, they are among the biggest Republican donors.

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