By GERMELINA LACORTE / Davao Today
Carmen Gultiano, a voter in one of the precinct clusters at the Daniel Aguinaldo National High School, came out of her precinct tired, agitated and unable to hide her frustrations after spending six hours just to vote. Gultiano arrived at her precinct at eight o’clock in the morning and was only able to vote at two thirty in the afternoon.
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2010 Elections: Snail-paced Voting in Davao Blamed on New Clustering Scheme
By CHERYLL D. FIEL / Davao Today
It was not the machine glitches that many people were worried about but the poll clerk’s hunt for names of registered voters and other verification procedures that slowed down the voting process in the recently-concluded elections.
2010 Elections: Despite Relatively Peaceful Voting in Abra, Tension and Fear Still Prevails
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Team of foreign election observers experience threat, harassments, and intimidation by military in Abra.
2010 Elections: Twenty Percent of Voters in Cebu Disenfranchised
By RITCHE T. SALGADO
With reports from JOSEPH BACUD
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Region 7 boasted of an 80 percent voter turnout. Pagbabago! Cebu said a number of votes were disenfranchised due to the Comelec’s inability to foresee simple and preventable problems.
2010 Elections: Comelec and Smartmatic Should Account for Disenfranchisement and Other Poll Problems – KontraDaya
By MARYA SALAMAT
Before profusely patting itself on the back, the Comelec first has to identify and account for the mess created by its lack of preparedness to be able to remedy the problems for the next automated elections.
2010 Elections: Harassments, Poll Violations, Problems in Data Transmission
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
With reports from CIELO EUNICE FLORES
Reports reveal more problems toward the end of election day.
2010 Elections: Snail-Paced Elections in Central Visayas
By RITCHE T. SALGADO
As in most parts of the country, long queues and technical glitches affected the conduct of elections in Central Visayas. In Cebu, there were reports that indicated that only 50 percent of voters have been accommodated by 6:45 p.m.
2010 Elections: Violence, Rampant Poll Violations in Lanao Despite Automated Elections
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
Nothing seems to have changed in the conduct of elections in Lanao.
2010 Elections: In Maguindanao and Elsewhere: Chaos, Violence, Fraud
By CARLOS H. CONDE
Despite the promise of order that computerization brings, the conduct of the elections in Maguindanao province and other areas in Mindanao leaves much to be desired.
2010 Elections: Massive Disenfranchisement of Voters Looms – Kontra Daya
By MARYA SALAMAT
The snail’s pace in the voting process would create more problems than just the long lines voters have to endure.
2010 Elections: Violence, Glitches Mar First Five Hours of the Automated Elections
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The May 10 elections have officially began. As expected, the first five hours were far from smooth.