With some 250,000 volunteer elections watchers nationwide, the PPCRV said that some voters are still having a hard time looking for their precinct numbers.
MANILA — The 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections were “smooth” and “generally peaceful and orderly” on Monday, poll watchdogs said despite reports of at least three election-related deaths.
“So far, since the start of the voting until now, orderly naman ang pagpatakbo ng elections, regardless of the various incidents that have been reported, isolated incidents, in general, the elections have been peaceful,” Namfrel secretary general Eric Alvia told ABS-CBN News. The group also praised the pilot testing of early voting hours for seniors and mall voting in some areas, particularly the crowd management, with some malls dedicating a special seating area for vulnerable groups like senior citizens, persons with disabilities and pregnant voters.
PPCRV national coordinator Dr. Arwin Serrano said that voting for persons deprived of liberty were conducted swiftly this year. The Comelec reported Monday afternoon 168 reports of vote-buying, with 28 cases filed, 46 to be filed and 94 under evaluation. She also noted problems in the implementation of the Emergency-Accessible Polling Place, a system which allows authorized persons to bring a senior citizen’s ballot downstairs so they don’t have to take the stairs to vote, if their polling precincts are in the upper floors.
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