By MIKHA FLORES
THE good news is the source code for the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines will be finally available for review by interested groups and political parties. The bad news is any review will not be completed until after the May 13 elections.
Commission on Elections Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. said Monday that Dominion Voting Systems (DVS), the technology developer of the PCOS system, has finally given its consent to release the PCOS source code for Monday’s elections after months of negotiations.
Dominion and Smartmatic, the supplier of the PCOS machines that were first used in 2010, signed a deal in the United States allowing the source code to be brought here for review, Brillantes said, adding that he had also signed the deal.