I had no idea that the "First Automated" Philippine national election would take this TOOOO LONGGG! I thought it will be more easier, faster and efficient if the election will be automated. But I was wrong! You can also call it Automated "counting" ONLY, because all the other processes, like verification of voters, queuing to get your ballot, still follows the traditional way of voting.
COMELEC should have warned every voter to bring packed LUNCH and DINNER instead of bottled of water with a biscuit as a result of the automation, in which they cluster the three hundred thousand plus (300,000+) precincts into seventy thousand plus (70,000+) precincts. As a result, long lines of voters waited patiently outside their precincts with 500+ more voters. The COMELEC should have anticipated this problem and re-clustered those precincts having many registered voters. Also they should have simulated the election and calculated the time it would take 50 million voters and know the exact needed CLUSTERED precinct and PCOS (Precinct count optical scan) machines.
In most cases, precincts with more than 500 voters, only around 120 had voted in the first 6 hours of the 12-hour election schedule. COMELEC should act immediately to resolve these issues.
Also, we must watched out and monitor the transmission and counting of votes. Be vigilant and guard your votes, your future.
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