elected a governor, vice governor and regional legislators for the ARMM . The COMELEC used 3,300 Smartmatic-Sahi Direct Recording Electronic ( DRE) voting machine in Maguindanao and 156 “automated counting machines” (Optical Mark Readers from AVANTE International Technology, Inc.) in Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Shariff Kabunsuan, and Lanao del Sur. DRE or