Today is a national holiday as the whole nation holds
barangay elections today. So last night, I promised to wake up early the
following morning so I could also go to my polling precinct early. But nah,
promises are made to be broken and I woke up only at half past eight. LOL!
It was only an hour later that I finally arrived at my precinct.
Much to my surprise, the school which served as precincts was not as crowded as
that last June elections. There were still multitudes of honking tricycles,
habal-habal motors and cars but they were quite disciplined compared to last
time. And thanks to the heavy downpour earlier in the day, the school ground
was not dusty at all.
So hurriedly, I looked for my precinct and found it
immediately – 135F. I followed the queue (which was not at all long, just three
people before me) and when I found my name on the master list, alas, somebody
had already signed it for me. The officer kind of panicked and she had me wait
for a while as she attended to other voters. Soon, she went back to me and
studied the list. Oh, the person next to me on the list (the 99th
since I was the 98th) mistakenly signed my name. I thought that
would raise hell but then, she just announced to the poll watchers that Ms. or
Mrs. P*** signed for my name. The watchers acknowledged the mistake and I was
then handed a ballot after the officer looked for my voter’s ID (which I fortunately
brought with me).
So there I was, on my seat, studying who I would vote for
Brgy. Captain and for the seven Brgy. Councilors. After a couple of minutes, I finished
filling the ballot. I went back to the officer, thumb marked the list and the ballot,
dropped the ballot to the box, and then had my index finger inked. And I was
done for the elections! Whew, that fast and easy!
Compared to last June elections, today was a lot faster. I
just stayed in the school premises for not more than 15 minutes. Aside from
that I only have to vote for a few people, the system was done well this time –
no unreliable PCOS machines, the officers were prepared, and the people were
more disciplined.
Good luck to the new sets of barangay officials in the
country.
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