I just finished voting. Well after waiting in line for 2 1/2 hours. In comparison with the previous election that I’ve experience this is a long waiting period. I’m a bit disappointed because the election officers weren’t that strict when it comes to implementing election policies.
Before going to the precinct my brother and I went online first to check and printout our precinct numbers. This is to avoid inconvenience and long waiting in line when we get there. Unfortunately we are not in the same precinct, he was in 666A Pilar Elementary School lucky for him though because he was with my cousin in the same precinct. My precinct number was 596A Almanza Uno Elementary School. So I have to go there by myself. Knowing the school location and thru the info online there were more than 20,000 registed voters in Alanza Elementarty School. It was a bit difficult looking up for my precinct because of the number of people in every cluster. Finally, after about 20-30 minutes I found my precinct as I expected a long line of people waiting.
The first step is to look for your precinct. Then look for your name and note you number. Then you will be guided to a holding room to wait. In my case I waited for 2 hours. I got there at 9.30am then i was completely done at around 11.30am. There were only 10 people allowed to get inside the voting room at a time which is evidently causing the delay. One voter will take around 10-15 minutes to cast their votes. Some are taking more then the expected time because of machine problem and the clerical problems at the precinct.
Like yung senior citizen sa harap ko tapos na siya bumoto, nahulog na sa PCOS machine ballot niya, nalagyan na ng indelible ink pero wala pala name niya sa masterlist ng comelec. So nung mahanap ang name niya, hindi naman niya picture yung nasa list of voters. Naiinis na si lola, so bumulong yung teacher sabi niya pa “thumbmark mo na yan matagal na siya dito”. They saw me looking at them as I was waiting with their next step, and hindi man lang nahiya sinabi nila kay lola “thumbmark na po”, sabi ni lola “hindi ko picture yan”, sabi ni teacher “OK NA YAN LOLA”. Si lola sa inis niya walang nagawa kundi nag thumbmark na lang. then sabay alis na. I butted in and said to the teacher ayos yun ginawa ninyo ah, ilang daya na ba nagawa ninyo. The teacher turned her back at me to assist other voters who will scan their ballots. As if she didn’t hear me. tsk tsk tsk. Eh kung wala may mali pala sa picture ni lola eh bakit siya pinaboto. Kasi mali ang proseso ng pagboto sa atin. Pinatagal na nga eh di sana binigyan man lang ng konting integridad ang bawat balotang ipapasok sa loob ng PCOS machine. Maiintindihan ko naman kung ang dahilan ng pagiging mabagal na pag usad ng pila eh kung mahigpit na ipinapatupad ang mga polocies sa pagboto, pero hindi eh! This happened at Almanza Elementary school Precint no. 596D. I hope you will be vigilant, and observant while voting today. God bless the new next president, God bless us all as a nation and God bless the Philippines.
