VVPAT Verification for 2028 National Election

A Truly Transparent Election is Possible

The election system can be truly transparent as long as you, as the voter, the poll watchers, and the election watchdogs, participate in the verification of your votes during the election and after the poll. OpenVCM has developed a mobile app and a systematic way to verify and count voter receipts, ensuring that votes are recorded as cast and counted as recorded!

Resisting Insider Threats

Insider Threat is the number one risk in the election system. It is when a malicious insider tampers with the vote-counting machine so that the result favors the malicious insider’s chosen candidate.

While the COMELEC has measures to mitigate risks, such as source code review and random manual audit, we believe that precinct—and receipt-level vote verification will provide voters with confidence that counting machines are fraud-free.

Verifiable Voting Scheme

Verifying your vote is a straightforward process. It's about ensuring that each machine has accurately recorded and counted our votes. We don’t need to worry about the technicalities of the software or the system audit log. What matters is that all the ballots have been correctly recorded and tallied. And the good news is, this is possible without the need for IT security experts to review the audit logs of each machine.

The verification process starts with you, the voter. You are the first verifier – your role is to check the receipt. Then, we have the poll watchers, who will verify the receipts against the QR codes, count the receipts, and the app makes the tally. The app’s tally will then be compared to the machine’s final output, or the Election Return (ER). But remember, it all begins with your verification at the voting booth.

In essence, this verification scheme is a collective effort. It requires the participation of every single voter, the vigilance of the poll watchers, and the oversight of the election watchdogs. Each of us plays a crucial role in the security chain that protects the integrity of our votes. Your participation is not just important, it's integral.

The OpenVCM, with its mobile counting app, is here to help you count receipts accurately.

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