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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.
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.
By PAULINE GIDGET R. ESTELLA
Teachers who served during the May 10 elections had to carry the burden of the lack in preparations of the Comelec. They also had to endure the people's anger at the long queues and yet some have not yet been paid.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"We came to observe a clean, democratic elections, but I cannot conclude that it was," said Justine Kiwanuka, a delegate of the People's International Observers' Mission.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN / Davao Today
In Buhangin area, a voter saw the name of a dead relative while others look for the name of a living family member.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
Election automation was able to fix what is happening inside the precincts, however, it was not able to solve the politics of guns, goons, and gold outside of it.
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