In Buhangin, Missing Names, Low Turnout


Narito Prevendido Sr., 75, of Buhangin district, checks his tattered Comelec registration affidavit as he tries to find his name on the voters’ list. He eventuall got tired of looking. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel Hernani)

By Marietta Baste-Hernani
davaotoday.com

BUHANGIN, Davao City — As with other areas around the city, the missing names of voters was also a common complaint today at the Buhangin Elementary School and at the Dumanlas Elementary Schools, all in the second district.

In the 2004 elections, Jane Brave, 50, her husband Benedicto and their daughter Jenny were able to vote. But in today?s elections, only Benedicto?s name was on the voters? list at Precinct 1598-A.
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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
Davao Today

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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In SIR Matina, Families Are Torn Apart, the Dead Appeared on Voters? List

By Germelina A. Lacorte
Davao Today

DAVAO CITY — Families were torn apart, the dead appeared on the voters’ list, while some people stormed out after they lost their patience in today’s polls.

There may be no reported case of violence in Davao City but not a few people went home angry and exasperated after failing to find their names on the voters’ list.
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In Marilog, Voters Couldn?t Find Names, Precincts Don?t Have Enough Lighting for Counting Tonight

By Jeti Ayop-Ohaylan
Davao Today

MARILOG, Davao City — Several voters at the Marilog Central Elementary School complained today that they could not find their names on the voters? list. Reynaldo Bacalso, 49, said a number of the voters failed to vote as a result.

Many of the voters came from the sitios of Quimasog, Santo Nino and Lomondao, all of this barangay. They complained, Bacalso said, that their votes had gone to waste.
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