Multiple entry of registered names in the comelec

@edujccz (929)
Philippines
November 3, 2009 7:02pm CST
It seems that there are ways to manpulate the coming election, Eta Rosales have discovered about 600 number of century age old registered voters but they are non existent in one precint somewhere in Taguig. I hope it was only a computer glitch, but that was only one precint and we have lots of precint in the country. How do we know if Comelec can clean all the registered voters in every precint so that we have honest election. What can you say about this matter.
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@anc457 (186)
• Thailand
7 Feb 10
we'll i guess if we have an ID system in the philippines it will be much more easier to trackdown people. hmmm anyway that's politics, que sera sera hehehe
@edujccz (929)
• Philippines
8 Feb 10
Your suggestion is good, there was a proposal by the congress to an id system however, I dont understand why this matter was not pursued. As if so mnay legistrator opposed to it. This are one of the ills in our government, that we can not proposed a good bill when the greater number of legistrator opposses it though we see it as good. I wonder what they are trying to protect. Well, as you say its politics. Have a good day.
@rsa101 (37952)
• Philippines
5 Nov 09
That seems to be a nightmare to deal with right now. Comelec is now readying itself for the Candidates filing of candidacy and they have to deal again with the voter's list. I can imagine that Comelec would be very busy until next year. I just hope they could clean the entries on a per precinct since it usually there that the list is finally cleaned up. As far as I remember, my mother in law passed away in 2005 and during the last elections we have I saw her name still listed on it. We already told them that the name be stricken out of the list but I do not know if they really did it.
@edujccz (929)
• Philippines
5 Nov 09
Yes, you experienced it well, I even realized now how hard it is for comelec to clean their voters list which we do not have a system where we could de activate our registraion. The families of demise person will not take time to report, unlike SSS or GSIS that provide claim, surely that department is notified. Really, I dont know, all we can do is trust the comelec. Thanks for your time
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@rsa101 (37952)
• Philippines
5 Nov 09
Yes I guess people do get the benefit from Comelec when election comes by. But after that the office looks no use at all except for those candidates that files complaint about them being cheated when they lost in the election. Besides that there is no use of them at all anymore. They become in demand during elections only and nothing more. That is why people is not taking them seriously if ever they would report those that should be stricken out or not. My mother is a public school teacher that serve during elections and she has to bring the book of registrants to check one by one the registrants if they are valid or not. Good thing for her is that she lives on the Barangay where her precinct is assigned so she practically knows who are in that Barangay or not since it is a small barangay only. But still, she finds it very hard to really clean out despite that. since it is a very thick book and it would take you hours before you can look at it one by one and once there is a suspicious entry in there you cannot just pull it out from the books. You still have to report that and Comelec would be the one to correct it.
@mensab (4200)
• Philippines
16 Feb 10
The COMELEC, as the agency most concerned of matters relative to voters registration data, should have spent more time and effort to think of ways on how to combat this kind of problem. This has been a long time problem, even during those times that computers are not yet in the picture. The agency should have spent wisely on a system that will solve this problem. Since computer age is in, during registration, the data of the registrant should appear at once if said registrant has active registration with any of the precinct in the Philippines. Before the automation of election should have been proposed, problems like double registration/flying voters and deceased voters have been resolved so that, everybody can be ready with the poll automation. With multiple entry of registered names and the current automation problems on election preparations, seems to be a difficult task for COMELEC to bear.