By CHERYLL D. FIEL
Davao Today
The machine started rejecting ballots at past nine in the morning forcing the BEIs to shut down the machine. To the dismay of first-time voters who were excited to experience casting their votes the automated way, the ballots were dropped manually at the PCOS machine bin, before BEIs took it out and placed it in a separate folder for counting.
By MART D. SAMBALUD
Davao Today
Chairman of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) Emelia Jordan said that she could not identify the cause of the problem, “(D)espite the fact that correct procedures were followed.”
DAVAO TODAY POOLED REPORT
Davao Today
According to poll watchdog Kontra Daya, machines in Panacan didn’t immediately turned on while those in Don Julian Elementary School in Agdao just shut down.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
Poll watchdog Kontra Daya said vote buying in Davao Oriental “is a common knowledge,” this is as they monitored fraud, corruption and violence in Pablo-hit areas like Lupon, Mati and Baganga.
By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today
We cannot grasp the enormity of the responsibility we have at our hands as voters. But we are going to shape a nation which is mired by corruption, poverty, armed conflicts, human rights violations and economic sabotage.