Ready, Get set, ELECT!



Election is getting nearer. Politicians have begun appearing here and there. Have you decided your line of candidates? Are you ready for the election? Here are some tips on how we can get ready for the election, that we can become responsible voters on May 10.

BEFORE THE ELECTION:
  1. Register: Only registered voters are allowed to participate on electoral processes.
  2. Visit your voting precint: Finding your voting precint before the day of election enables you to save your time and energy on the big day. This will also assure that your name is in the voters’ list.
  3. List the names of your candidates: You may write your choice on a piece of paper. In that way, you will not struggle on deciding your choice of candidate during the election process. This will also save your time.
  4. Listen to campaigns: Various candidates offer different platforms to the government. By listening to them, may it be on television or radio, we can scale the heights of their competency and commitment.
  5. Discuss: Discussion is a healthy process of learning information. By knowing the pro’s & con’s of the candidate, we can decide on our line of votes more wisely.
  6. Pick your candidates: Choose your candidates according to their character, accomplishments and achievements in public service, not by popularity or survey results.
  7. Do not commit yourself to a candidate who bribes: It is like betraying the country’s future in the hands of the greedy & power-hungry politicians.

DURING THE ELECTION:
  1. Go to your precint early: It will help avoid the hassle of rush voting.
  2. Do not entertain people who intimidate or persuade you to vote candidates you consider unworthy: This people are committed to swerve the outcome of election through cash or force. Don’t let them influence your conviction.
  3. Read instructions carefully: Follow instructions such as the number of candidates to be voted in each category to avoid invalid votes.
  4. Write the names of your candidates: Do not write their nicknames or alias as they may only result to invalid votes. Only those names which were filed and accepted to be written in the ballot will be considered as valid.
  5. If possible, vote for every position: However, if you feel it must be blanked, cross out the blanked space to avoid tampered.
  6. When you finish voting, drop your ballot then have your thumb marked with indelible ink: This ensures that the election process is free from flying voters.

AFTER THE ELECTION:
  1. Leave room for voters following you. Overcrowding creates tension and suspicion.
  2. Avoid campaigning for your candidates on the day of the election: This is an illegal practice.
  3. Remind others to vote: It’s their right & privilege.
  4. Help clean up the mess: Flyers, posters and leaflets will be left scattered after the election. It’s a noble way to end this national event.
  5. Be involved in the tallying of votes: You can be a volunteer watcher in your locality.
  6. If possible, assist the security and transferring of ballot boxes from the local precint to the COMELEC office: This will discourage the ballot box switching.
  7. Get interested with the election’s result: Be vigilant until the rightful candidates have been proclaimed into the position.

Here are only some tips how we can be ready on May 10 election. But as responsible citizens of the country, we can add as many as we can as long as it’s for the benefit of the many. May the 2010 election change the way things are as we move towards the betterment of the country.

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