The collegiate body rejected allegations made by President Bukele about a “false sham.” The TSE also reiterated that the software used this Sunday is the same for the February 28 elections.
Magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Court, after the zeroing of the data transmission, observed from different polling stations the development of the process. The Court has emphasized that no emergency was decreed and carried out the election results transmission drill normally.
The magistrates gave a press conference at 7pm where they assessed the development of the simulation. At 8 p.m., Magistrate Julio Olivera said the process was considered a “success,” as they had completed 80 percent of the acts transmitted.
The collegiate body rejected allegations made by President Bukele about a “false sham.” The TSE denied information that the president replied in which he said that an “emergency due to system failures” had been declared. “What the president has said is false, or those who informed him are wrong,” Olivera said.
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In addition, TSE technicians reported that the software used today is the same one they will use on February 28th.
The technician of the computer commission, Eduardo Lozano, has pointed out that the results are satisfactory, that the system has worked, both the software and equipment: “As a computer area we are satisfied with the results, with this we informed the public that the TSE is ready to run the elections on February 28 “.
Also, Magistrate Olivera noted that there is a right of electoral oversight by political parties, “but that they cannot hinder the work of the Supreme Electoral Court.”
Magistrate Olivera added that attacks on the system have been received; that a computer security company has been hired and that the arrival of the Spanish National Cryptological Center is expected.
The TSE reported on the national broadcast drill on the drill being conducted from the 1,595 polling stations. Photo: TSE
Verification of data transmission using table technology
In the afternoon. the president of TSE, Dora Esmeralda Martínez; and TSE magistrate Noel Orellana arrived at the Concha Widow of Graó Educational Complex to observe the use of table technology.
Magistrate Orellana emphasized that different institutions such as the Office of the Public Prosecutor for the Defense of Human Rights and the Public Prosecutor’s Office were also observing the transmission process in the polling stations, and the same technical support members who made use of the team mentioned that there were no errors when it came to transmitting the files.
Magistrate Orellana also spoke about the health protocol for February 28, where he said that they will have the tickets and that the purchase contract is in process.
“This week we approved it, we at the weekend believe that (they will approve it), remember that these (inputs) must go inside the electoral package, the ice alcohol must go, gloves, they must go protective masks, all those goods that will be used by the members that will make up the Voting Boards, “said Magistrate Orellana.
He mentioned that people who have a fever when they arrive at the polling stations will be able to cast their ballots, as a constitutional right cannot prevent a Salvadoran from casting a ballot, who will be able to cast their ballot under health protection measures.
“We are going to establish all the prevention measures. The counselors are going to have to indicate the measures that must take all the people who arrive at the polling stations. It cannot be limited to a person, no matter how high the temperature , is a constitutional right and “that is why they will be given facilities,” said Magistrate Orellana.
This Sunday, the 50 polling stations in San Salvador opened at 7:00 a.m. with the reception of packages.
While in the afternoon, the collegiate body set the system to zero to start the transmission of acts from the 1,595 polling stations located throughout the country from 4:00 pm
“We are waiting for everything to go well so that the problems of the previous simulation do not occur, because that is why this is the kind of evidence,” said the president of the Municipal Electoral Board of San Salvador, Karina Barahona.
In this simulation, the collegiate body sought to solve problems of printers and internet signal, which occurred during the first test last Sunday. “The truth is that for the entry of the data, there were no problems, they were more technical and we hope that at this point it has been solved, at least most,” said Barahona.
During a tour of today’s newspaper by some polling stations, the Inframen showed that a team of five people participated in the drill to transmit results. Here, the day began without complications, with the reception of the technology to be used in each JRV.
The TSE conducts the second drill to transmit election results to 1,591 polling stations in the country. Photo / Jorge Reyes
“We have reviewed the results transmission equipment consisting of a laptop, printer, scanner, barrel projector and power and data power cables,” said Boris Espinosa, TSE facilitator. It is a technological team for JRV, i.e. 8,481 nationwide.
First the acts of deputies of the Assembly were transmitted, after Central American Parliament and finally of mayors. According to Espinosa, with the use of technology in tables the data processing time is reduced by half.
“In the previous processes it has been done and it was very subject to human error. With the system the marks are entered and the system places the percentage of value on each candidate instantly,” Espinosa stated.
On the other hand, at the Albert Camus Institute in Sant Salvador, the technology package was not yet open in the morning, because the order was to start with the drill until 1:00 pm “At one in the afternoon the packages will be opened for review, then at 4:00 pm start the scrutiny process and conclude with the transmission, “said coach Julio Pineda.
According to Pineda, the use of technology will make the acts more readable, as opposed to when they were filled out by hand and the latest copies were no longer distinguishable.
Some faults are registered to correct in Ahuachapán
TSE’s logistics manager in Ahuachapán, Jessenia Lemus, said that by 9:45 a.m. they had already cleared all the routes that led the team to use in the transmission drill. They started at 6:00 in the morning.
Failures to connect to the Internet, lack of information and absence of members who should be in the transmission of data, were some points to correct detected in the drill that took place in the polling station located in the Isidre School Menéndez, d’Ahuachapán.
The transmission equipment was received at 10:00 in the morning and although it was connected correctly, when trying to enter the system it gave the message of internet failure. After nearly ten minutes of testing and a phone call, the transmission assistant managed to enter the “capture of personal cars of JRV members” phase.
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The process was carried out by the technical support assistant, José García, as the person in charge did not arrive at the polling station. The previous Sunday’s drill was not held at the site as the person who had to receive the equipment did not attend either.
Photo EDH / Cristian Díaz
The polling station manager, Rosa Zepeda, noted that she was aware that the data transmission drill would be on Sunday morning; but that on arriving at the school they informed him that it would be until the afternoon.
He added that a new data transmission drill has been scheduled for next Sunday; but with the presence of JRV members.
Internet failures on Conchagüita Island did not allow transmission of acts
The failures to connect to the Internet system on the island of Conchagüita, Meanguera golf course in La Unión, made it difficult to transmit data from a polling station in this town.
According to technical support assistants, they have detailed that in the case of Conchagüita Island, the data will be transmitted from the Directorate of Electoral Organization (DOE), delegation of the Union.
At the polling station of the educational complex José Pantoja son, in the city of the Union, the data were transmitted in 20 minutes. While at the polling station corner Les Fustes, it was not transmitted due to the lack of the modem.
Guadalupe Marthel, a technical support assistant, said that in most of the Union’s polling stations, the data could be transmitted. According to Marthel, in the case of Conchagüita Island, the people of transmission are coming to the point of reference. in the DOE, here they will transmit.
Training day
This Sunday, the TSE also conducted trainings for the people who will make up the JRVs.
Edwin Escobar attended his first training session today, after realizing that he had been selected. “I didn’t know, my wife started checking and that’s how we noticed. They say they notify in writing, but no one warned me,” the citizen said.
He states that he has never participated in a JRV, but this time he will have to take on the role. “They’re supposed to be fined for not attending and have to pay, and with those economic conditions as one pays,” he stated.
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At the Isidre Menéndez School in Ahuachapán, the transmission equipment was received at 10:00 in the morning. Photo / Cristian Díaz
Helen Cornejo also participates for the first time in an electoral event as part of the JRV and considers that the trainings are given in a simple, fluid and concise way.
“It has opened our eyes to technology, which is what is going to be used. They also send us to study the Code to defend our votes and instruct to know what we will do on election day,” he detailed Cornejo.
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The team was distributed to polling stations across twenty routes. Photo / Cristian Díaz
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Last Sunday, February 7, the TSE tested for the first time the use of technology with the transmission of data from polling stations, where some errors occurred that they consider are surmountable.
Some TSE magistrates have defended the functioning of the system in the face of allegations from political parties such as WIN and New Ideas that have called into question the team’s effectiveness. This position has also been seen in statements by the president of TSE, Dora Esmeralda Martínez, who said that she would propose in the electoral body to return to the manual.
Contrary to the questions, Magistrate Guillermo Wellman assured the Legislative Assembly election commission that the electoral process will be transparent and reliable.
The Supreme Electoral Court trains members of the Voting Boards at the INFRAMEN facilities. Photo / Jorge Reyes