GMA News: PCOS machine glitches reported early on election day
May 13, 2013, 9:10 AM - Barely two hours into the 2013 elections, reports of glitches in the automated voting system are already coming in from the GMA News Eleksyon 2013 Team from across the country.

INQUIRER: Some PCOS machines reject ballots in Maguindanao - poll exec TALAYAN, Maguindanao -
-- Some Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines here did not work, an election inspector said Monday. "A voter cast his votes but the machine did not accept the ballot. The same happened in other schools," said Linang Mantil. "We tried it four times but the ballot was rejected," she added Jeofrey Maitem, Inquirer Mindanao...

Dzmm: pcos machine na gagamitin ni pres bs aquino III nagka aberya. 5 bayan sa batangas province dumanas ng brownout. Malawakang vote buying ng mga alcala sa quezon province ibinulgar.

ANC: comelec, ppcrv getting widespread reports of pcos machines failing across the country.

initial reports 2013:
- pcos machines not working; some resorted to manual voting
- precinct voters list doesn't tally with comelec's
- new clustering of precincts confusing voters on where to vote
- some voters went home due to long lines
--and brillantes was so PIKON when critics warned these things were bound to happen--

INTERAKSYON: Several gov't websites have been rendered inaccessible as of Saturday morning for still unknown reasons. Among the websites that could not be accessed include those of the Office of the President (http://op.gov.ph), PNP (www.pnp.gov.ph), the PNA (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php), DILG (http://www.dilg.gov.ph), Comelec (www.comelec.gov.ph), AFP (http:www.afp.mil.ph), DoST (http://www.dost.gov.ph), PHL Senate (http://www.senate.gov.ph), DepEd (http://www.deped.gov.ph), DOE (http://www.doe.gov.ph), DFA (http://www,dfa.gov.ph), DOTC (http://www.dotc.gov.ph), and PHL Army (http://www.army.mil.ph).