do you still think your vote counts?
By abitcurious
@abitcurious (1422)
Philippines
February 3, 2010 4:07am CST
News of signal jammers being brought to the country for a possible election fraud reached the public a few days ago. It's quite scary since we have been promised a clean and transparent election this year because we will be using automated machines to vote.
I remember, a few months back, a certain group claimed that there is really no assurance that our votes will be protected by these machines. We have just updated and opened ourselves to possibility of a more 'high tech' election fraud.
It's my first time to vote and I was wondering if it is still worth it. Wouldn't be my vote go to waste if there is a sure way that my vote will not get counted anyway.
Will our vote still help our country's plight?
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4 responses
@rsa101 (40976)
• Philippines
3 Feb 10
I am hoping that they could do something about this. In the news lately, Comelec has said they are purchasing anti-jamming devices to counter this threat. I just hope they could deliver that on time. Because, as far as I know the counting machines are being fast tracked already to compensate for the loss time due to delays they had in past. I am vouching if all problems could be addressed in proper time this automation will hasten the counting process of votes and could make this election clean. But if Comelec and the citizen will not be vigilant in the coming election then you are right about having this election like in the past where manual counting was done. I do hope that Comelec will be doing their jobs pretty well this May 2010.
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@abitcurious (1422)
• Philippines
4 Feb 10
Isn't that a bit fishy? we're buying anti jammers so that our automated machines won't jammed. I bet antijammers would be overpriced too.
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@rsa101 (40976)
• Philippines
4 Feb 10
Well I guess that is necessary to prevent the used of jamming devices. I do not know if it is still allowed but I think for the jamming threat to be stop Comelec would need to do something. I guess if Comelec would do nothing then the more questions about what they are doing to prevent this from happening. As for me, I think we just need to see and be vigilant about how the election will go to protect our rights. Questioning them is just futile right now but being vigilant and watchful might protect our precious votes comes May 2010.
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@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
4 Feb 10
I dont really know if my vote counts. I think I am not fulfilling my duties as a good citizen because I haven't exercised my right to vote yet. It has been years that I am not registered and I dont have a very strong desire to vote because I feel like its not very important. There are millions of people in the country, and would one vote matter?
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@abitcurious (1422)
• Philippines
4 Feb 10
yeah sometimes hoping that something would change after an election gets tiring. Nothing really happens.
@nocturn98 (956)
• Venezuela
3 Feb 10
Whether my vote counts or not, the important thing is I made a choice. I did my duty as a citizen, so whatever the outcome is, I know that I gave a damn to make a difference. I can shout and curse and criticize whoever it is sitting in power because I know that I contributed in putting that person in a position (whether legal or fraud).
@abitcurious (1422)
• Philippines
4 Feb 10
But what if your vote gets counted but is credited to the rivals votes? That could easily happen. Knowing how election goes in our country.
