DICT to present proposal on alternative automated election system
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MANILA, Philippines --- The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is set to present its proposal for an alternative automated election system on Friday. DICT Acting Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr., who also serves as the chair of the CommDICT to present proposal on alternative automated election system
MANILA, Philippines --- The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is set to present its proposal for an alternative automated election system on Friday. DICT Acting Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr., who also serves as the chair of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Advisory Council, said the proposal will integrate an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software technology into the system. Rio said the proposal seeks to make the elections «more credible and transparent.» «We will continue to study this so that we can know what to improve and hopefully, be adopted in time for the 2022 elections,» Rio said in a statement. The DICT made the proposal after Pre...Keep on reading: DICT to present proposal on alternative automated election system Read more