Minor problems emerged at the mock elections conducted yesterday in selected areas nationwide. Among the problems encountered were rejection of some ballots by the voting machines and the time it takes for a voter to cast his vote. At the Ramon Magsaysay Elementary School in San Isidro Labrador, Quezon City, some ballots were rejected owing to overshading, while ink-blotting was blamed for the rejection of some ballots at the Tenement Elementary School in Western Bicutan, Taguig. PREPARATIONS ON HIGH GEAR – Members of a SWAT team secure election officers and paraphernalia while onboard a motorboat headed for an island village in Dagupan City Saturday even as pollwatcher Merlie Valiente. At a precinct at the Baseco Compound in Manila, Lawrence Panis, one of the voters who participated in the mock elections, took 11 minutes to cast his vote. While Panis said that voting in the mock elections was faster compared to [...]
