ARMM election: Automated

The regional election for Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao or ARMM will be completely automated on August 11, 2008. Two technologies will be used, namely Direct Recording Election (DRE) technology which will be provided by Smartmatic-Sahi Technology Inc. and Optical Mark Reader (OMR) technology provided by Avante International Technology, Inc.

The voters in the province of Maguindanao will be using Automated Voting Machines (AVMs) at the precint level while voters in the other five provinces (Shariff Kabunsulan, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi will vote by canvassed in pre-determined consolidation and canvassing centers throughout the region.

It is expected that COMELEC will be able to proclaim the winning candidates in less than 36 hours.