Comments on: Philippine Elections 2007 at my Backyard

By: julie

julie — Thu, 17 May 2007 09:02:37 +0000

I brought an id with me just to make sure, if in case they want some verification. They didn’t. Our names are listed by villages, by subdivisions, so it was a lot easier to find the designated booth. Plus, we even had an advanced notice/letter about the transfer of the polling place from a private school to a public high school. But to list names in alphabetical order by street address? That’s crazy. My friends and her family members weren’t able to vote because their names were missing. They are from Pasig too, VV4. We voted in the 2nd district of QC.

By: Jeric

Jeric — Wed, 16 May 2007 02:40:58 +0000

By 2009 I would turning 18. The next elections would be 2010 right? So maybe I could vote by then. I’m quite excited!

By: Noemi

Noemi — Wed, 16 May 2007 01:57:36 +0000

@mary- I wanted to show Filipinos outside the Philippines a snippet on how elections came out in this side of the country. We hope the FIlipinos have spoken

@jeric- maybe next time you can vote already. Then you can document yourself.

By: Jeric

Jeric — Wed, 16 May 2007 00:53:54 +0000

I wish I’ve done this on the nearby polling precint. But I was lazy (though I was wide awake that time) to accompany my Mom when she voted.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 15 May 2007 18:31:10 +0000

Thanks for posting pics. I felt like I was there with you while you were doing the play by play.
Such a shame you weren’t able to vote.
Hope everything goes well.

By: Noemi

Noemi — Tue, 15 May 2007 06:06:13 +0000

Good for you that you voted. I don’t think we will ever modernize. Politicians will not like anti-cheating mechanism in place. Thanks for the greeting.

By: jun

jun — Tue, 15 May 2007 04:58:22 +0000

i voted. it was very easy to cheat. i got there, told them my name and they let me sign, gave me a ballot. Without verifying who I was… I wish we can modernize the next elections. Fingerprint/ID verification. Hopefully.

And belated happy mother’s day.

By: Noemi

Noemi — Mon, 14 May 2007 08:27:34 +0000

@bluepanjeet- since I don’t really watch or read the news, I didn’t know that phones and cameras were not allowed.

@auee- I can’t stand mess. ugh. I can’t believe why filipinos don’t keep their surroundings clean. I continued sweeping even after the voting ended. Grr.

By: auee

auee — Mon, 14 May 2007 08:09:01 +0000

It’s funny while reading this I could picture the entire scene & you sweeping. My mother does the same thing every time. We live near the local grade school & we get the dust, noise & garbage. Nanay would douse the street with water which will be dry by noon anyway. We get tricycle drivers & mostly owner-type jeeps parking in front of our sari-sari store, in front of our gate, the side of our house. I’m sure if we have no gate they’ll stand in our front doors.

The last time I voted was for the presidential elections in 2004. My hubby from Leyte wasn’t registered in my area but he was sorely tempted to pick up my bro-in-law’s name (abroad at the time) to be able to vote. He was also one of the hangers on during the “counting”. I wasn’t tempted by the street foods though, I was too busy selling “iced water” hehe

By: bluepanjeet

bluepanjeet — Mon, 14 May 2007 07:56:06 +0000

I was supposed to bring my phone cam this morning for my own blog, but my sister (who was called for a comelec function) said that it isn’t allowed. but when I got to my precinct, I saw so many violations. one lesson for bloggers: never forget your camera during the dawn of every history. Instead, I just resorted to a music video (a satire of political tv ads) that im currently working on to be uploaded on my youtube account, maybe this evening. nice pics. and belated happy mom’s day madame