Archive for May 17th, 2007
The Other Voters
When the Comission on Elections announced that the turnout rate of the overseas absentee voters was less than 20%, I was disappointed but not surprised.
VERY LOW OVERSEAS VOTERS TURNOUT
Newsbreak
Less than 20 percent of registered Filipino voters abroad cast their votes for today’s exercise, a “very low turnout,” the Commission on Elections said today.
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Weeks before the election, I was able to chat with a friend who is now based in Singapore and asked her about the overseas absentee voting in that island-state. My friend said that most Filipinos in Singapore did not vote because they feel that their votes would not be counted. Well, it is a clear sign that people are losing their trust on the Commission on Election and even on our electoral process.
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