Will The Brownouts Affect the Election?

Will the Brownouts Affect the Election?

BACKGROUND

The Philippines, especially the Mindanao region, has been suffering from rotating brownouts due to overworked power plants and generators. It has affected businesses, households and schools. The shortage of power also triggered water shortages, due to electric water pumps without power. It also made hospitals worry over undercharged generators for their life support machines and equipment. It also raised the crime-rate in certain areas due to the darkness.

With the upcoming automated election, will it affect the electronic voting and counting machines, and will it affect the results?

OPINION

I say yes.
Sure, they say have back-up generators. Sure, they say they have back-up car batteries. Sure, they say that a power outage would not hinder the system. But what about those who are determined to cheat at the election? Have we forgotten that?
How many times has the election counting been disrupted by a sudden brownout? How many times has a simple moment of darkness caused the tides of the battle to change? Countless times.

How can they possibly cheat? Simple. Steal the batteries.Destroy the power plants and generators. Burn down the classrooms. Cause a brownout and manipulate the results.
We must also remember that the BEST hackers in the world are from the Philippines. An ATM machine can be hacked by any college student with enough knowledge, why not a voting machine?

They say that the voting will only last from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm, and the batteries last for 16 hours. One question: how do you charge a battery without electricity? The cheaters would simply trigger a brownout to ensure that the batteries would be uncharged or undercharged.

RECOMMENDATION

Simple. Make sure that the brownouts never happen again.The brownouts are not a problem, but it's the people who cause it that's the problem. Look at it this way: they say that it's caused by the overworked power plants, but last Sunday, when the entire Philippines watched the Pacquiao-Clottey bout, which could overload the power generators, not a single brownout was reported. Why? People want to see the fight, both good and bad. Zero crime rate. Zero casualties. Zero accidents. The country is united when Manny fights. Why can't we be united when we fight the oppressors,the no-good-sons-of-bitches that are in Malacan? Why?
We do not love ourselves as Filipinos. We do not love our own country. We simply have a false sense of pride and nationalism.
WE NEED TO UNITE NOW.

REFERENCES

http://sports.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20100313-258365/Pacman-power-prevails-over-brownout

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/183212/safeguards-vs-brownouts-on-election-day-in-place-comelec

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100304-256555/Brownouts-no-brownouts-brownouts-