By Jarius Bondoc
The Philippine Star

Was there fraud in the presidential and VP election? At least 1,800 vote counting machines (VCMs) broke down on E-Day, affecting 1.44 million voters. Comelec count was unusually fast. An hour after the close of balloting, 8:02 p.m., its transparency server tallied 20.05 million votes, representing 37.96 percent of votes cast (80.38 percent turnout, or 52.81 million of 65.7 million registered voters).

At once the votes of the two leading presidential candidates flattened at a ratio of 68:32 and continued till end of count. Possible in a landslide. But also at 8:02 p.m. a flat curve emerged till the end in the close fight between the third and fourth candidates. Same with the top two VP candidates. Highly improbable, mathematicians cite the Law of Large Numbers.