MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday said the final version of programs to be used for the Automated Election System (AES) for next year's elections has been completed. The technical process was conducted by international systems and software testing firm, Pro V&V, headed by its chief executive officer and director Ryan Jackson Cobb in Huntsville, Alabama in the United States. Commissioner Marlon Casquejo witnessed the activity, together with other officials from the Department of Science and Technology, and the Department of Information and Communications Technology. The process involves the building of AES which includes the Election Management System, the Vote Counting Machines (VCMs), the Consolidated Canvassing System. The EMS compiles the number and profile of registered voters, their geographic locations, polling precinct information, among others, all of which are necessary for designing the official ballots. On the other hand, the CCS conducts the a