Philippine Elections
My fingers must have a mind of their own. I only wanted to type the title “Automated Elections” but the keyboard wouldn’t allow me to… I am joking, of course. And I’m sure for many Filipinos, there is nothing funny about this issue AT ALL. The truth is, the whole country is probably enraged if [...]
continue reading Philippine Elections 2010: Poll Automation or Fraud Automation?
Driving around Metro Manila these days, one can’t help noticing the proliferation of election campaign materials. They are everywhere – hanging from trees, lamp posts, fences, vehicles, gates of houses, business establishments, even on people’s caps, wrists and shirts. And I thought the Fair Elections Act only allowed campaign materials to be placed on designated poster areas and with only a prescribed size and maximum total expenditure per candidate.
In less than two months, the country will again go the the polls to elect a new President. This particular one gives us reason to be genuinely anxious as we are about to experience fully automated elections for the first time. Despite controversies concerning the supplier, doubts on the poll body’s capability to oversee the process and confusion among the electorate about the modernized method of voting, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) nevertheless appears confident that it can carry out its task.
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