This coming presidential election was said to be a historical one because it will be this country’s first automated election.
How does te automated voting differ from our traditional way of voting? A great article from Nelly Favis-Villafuerte of Manila Bulletin cited differences between this forthcoming May 10, 2010 Presidential Elections and the previous elections we had and what you should know about the new system.
No “replacement” ballot will be issued to any voter whose first ballot is invalidated for any reason – unlike in the past elections (manual voting) when a second ballot is issued in case the first ballot is invalidated by reason of erasures, markings or for any other reason. Hence, the urgency of knowing how to fill up the official ballot correctly.
• In the past elections (manual voting), no names of candidates were written in the official ballots. In the forthcoming May 10, 2010 (automated voting) elections, the names of candidates are pre-printed in the official ballots.
For further reading, go to On May 10th… let’s vote.
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