COVERAGE : Philippine election 2010

I woke up in the morning and my wife told that it is time to vote. I ended my time at around 1am and check all updates and everyone are ready for the Election 2010 coverage . This is my live blogging coverage update.

The Line
Got the number at the precinct and there's a massive line of people, many people are complaining already and things are starting to heat up. Everyone is upset and losing patience in lining up. Some people want to vote together with their senior citizen family member so that they can leave the precinct together and early, but non senior citizen voter are not allowed to use the express lane.

Social media coverage
Been receiving txt messages from friends who are reporting incidents in their area. If you are online, feel free to report and share your experience on twitter with hashtag #juanvote, that's the social media coverage line up for the election 2010.

The voting pen
I got reports from people who just finished voting, and they say that be careful in using the voting pen in shading the oval of your modern ballot. The ink is heavy even if you shade it lightly over the shade, make sure that you wont over shade the oval and prevent ink smudge that will cause your ballot to be invalid by the PCOS machine.

Problems of 2010 Election
1. Comelec website is down, precint finder is not accessible. Website bandwidth exceeded
2. Long lines and late opening of the precinct
3. Defective PCOS machines are expected in many cities
4. Power interruption prevents postponement of voting in just minutes/hours
5. Vote buying is still active (heard there are many in Cavite)
6. Express lane for senior citizens, pregnant and disabled are not properly facilitated
7. Many people didn't know that it is required to bring valid ID
8. Unauthorized voters are voting and helping the elderly in vote shading the ballot for them
9. Many voters back out in voting due to long lines and unorganized system in some cities
10. In some cities, people are lining up 3 times. first line up to verify name, 2nd get a priority number, and last to line up and vote
11. Election violence, bombing and killing are active in South part of Philippines accdg to TV news
12. Dead people are showing active in the list of COMELEC, and already voted.
13. Extending the election to 7pm will not solve all problems
14. They blame crowd control issues in some precinct, but the real problem here is the delay and broken PCOS machine for not working on time.
15. Many people just dont know how to use the modern ballot. There are reports some use check marks in the oval of the ballot.
16. Candidates brings their entire family with them in voting, and bypass the long line of people who were there more than 3 hours
17. There are reports that PCOS machines are over heating due to hot weather temp in some areas. Some PCOS machine automatically stops during over heat when using batteries.
18. Some companies didn't approve the vacation leave of their employees, and let them stay in the office and miss the election. They will be suspended or kick out if they are absent for work.


will update this later
but for the moment, check the LIVE RSS feed of twitter updates from #juanvote