In Agdao, Shortage of Ballots Tests Patience of Voters

Voting Break. The voting at the Ubalde Elementary School in Agdao had to be stop around noontime because of the lack of ballots. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel Hernani)

By Grace S. Uddin
davaotoday.com

AGDAO, Davao City — Despite the infant in her arms, Marivic Nistal, 29, of barangay Ubalde in Agdao, did not mind walking the distance from her house under the heat of the sun just to be able to vote.

But luck was not on her side today, as well as the other voters who lined up earlier, because the precinct ran out ballots.

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