Election Day!
It's The Day!Normally, whenever my brother is a candidate, I am usually awake overnight, preparing the (computer) system I developed and would be using in the central canvassing site, putting in the control information to ensure that no switching of election returns (ER) occurred, double counting of ERs, etc.
This is the election (manual) process:
a) The day before the election, ballot boxes containing the ERs, ballots, seals are given to the teachers. A copy of the inventory of the election paraphernalia assigned to each Barangay/Precinct is given to concerned parties. This is the information I key-in to my computer system as controls.
In the previous election, my system was able to catch the same ER number counted for two barangay/precinct. One is valid and the other is a case of wrong "switching".
b) On the night of the election, a watcher is assigned at the central canvassing site to note down the completed ERs placed in a specific ballot box to be used in the central canvassing. There are around 21-24 ERs per ballot box. The reason for this is for the quick count results obtained by parties can be arranged based on how it is received in the central canvassing site. This way, if the ERs for a said box is already to be counted, the poll watcher in the central canvassing site would already have a copy to verify those being "read"/counted.
For this election, all these are gone (not provided, not allowed to be done/taken)!!! I wonder why...?
c) When a ballot box of ERs is opened at the central canvassing site, the scores are recorded in the Summary of Votes (SOV).
d) The total of the votes per SOV is tabulated and recorded in the Summary of SOVs.
Our watchers even attempted asking the teachers at the precinct just the ER number, but they were denied. But if watchers of the other party asks for them, they readily give them.
After the "closing" of the precincts, counting at the precinct level would begin. Our watchers were not allowed to go inside the precinct to "witness" the counting. One of our watchers even borrowed a shirt from PPRCV to allow her inside the precinct.
The proper way is for the watchers to be behind the teacher reading the names written in the ballot to verify that what the teacher is "announcing" is correct. But, some teachers demand that it be like a "classroom" type where the watchers are facing the teacher! Tsk! Tsk!
If this process still continues, would it be possible to assign nuns and priests to conduct the election process at the precinct level?
posted by ~GFA~ @ 5/14/2007 09:28:00 AM
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