Analysis of the ARMM Elections
My personal take on the events surrounding the ARMM elections based on the facts and figures in my last post “Poll Watch: ARMM Elections Update and Results” are the following: The ARMM elections were successful (considering the region’s violent election history). As to the machines used in the automated election system, the number of machines that experienced minor problems is still acceptable. I only hope the COMELEC will fix these machines and test them thoroughly next time. Filipino taxpayers paid for them, didn’t they?
The most disturbing fact I have realized is that people are willing to sell their votes to candidates. In my view, morality is sacrificed for a few bucks because of poverty and the belief that whoever wins the election will steal. This reflects the people’s lack of trust in politicians and the Philippine political system in general. The voter turnout of 40-50% also indicates that many people no longer believe in the value of elections to exercise their right to suffrage.
In terms of time needed to count the votes, 3-4 days is still a long period of time. The commercial on TV said it will only take 24 hours to find out the results of the ARMM elections. The automated election system must have changed the way people cast their votes but the counting of the ballots remained the same and it was done manually. If the same system of counting will be used in the Presidential election in 2010, then we will not save a significant amount of time to find out the results of the elections. The only time we will save is in casting votes because even the process of looking up names in the voters’ list is still done manually and many complaints about names not being found in the registry will still surface.
Overall, the automation of the ARMM elections is a good start for the use of an automated election system in the Philippines. I will still opt-in for the automated system (as a voter and member of the BEI). There are just some loose ends to tie and the Philippine government has to act now before the campaigns for the 2010 commence in 2009.
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Oh really successful Fren? That kind of election really known for voilent that makes people scared. But the others who were really after for little bucks and don’t consider the improvement of their place doesn’t really care kung magpatayan basta may laman bulsa nila. Kainis mga ganyan ano? Hmmm fishy yan fren kung 24 hours tapos na daw ang counting but up to now wala pa result naku sana walang dinodoktor mga yan. Sana lang that will be a good start.
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jessie Reply:
August 13th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Joy,
relatively ok naman ang ARMM elections compared to previous elections. ang problema lang yung mga machines na ginamit dahil up to now di pa pala tapos ang canvassing ng election returns sa ilang precincts sa Lanao Del Sur.
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fren! sa sunod na taon pa…kakauwi ko lang nitong year dyan sa atin. musta na?
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jessie Reply:
August 13th, 2008 at 12:03 am
Ah ok fren. See yah! Kala ko umuwi for the ARMM elections.
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Its been good to know that even at slow pace computerized election is not a dream anymore.
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