March 17, 2010 - With only 54 days before the first-ever automated elections in the Philippines, still a majority of the voting population are still unaware of the new process of voting. To address this need, the workers' movement watchgroup, Workers' Electoral Watch (WE Watch), steps up its voters' education campaign by conducting a Mobile Caravan along the busy streets of Ayala Ave., Makati City.
Only 60 days before the first-ever automated elections in the Philippines, an overwhelming majority of voters are not yet adequately informed on the new voting system.
To support the need for massive information dissemination among workers and their communities, the
WE Watch has released its informational materials including poster-size and pocket-size infocard that contains key steps on how to vote and how to monitor electoral fraud. The materials will be distributed to unions, organizations and communities to aid in the voter's education campaign. The materials can be downloaded in the website and hard copies may be requested from WE Watch office, telephone number +63 2 4339287 or email us at report AT we-watch.net
In preparation for the May 10 elections, EILER released today a four-minute video on how to vote.
The animated clip features the step-by-step process in casting one's votes under the Automated Election System (AES), the gadgets to be used in the polling sites, and a preview on how votes are counted under the AES. Viewers are also introduced to a text hotline to which they can report any incident of fraud during the election season.
While the candidates for the upcoming elections grow steadfast in running each of their campaigns, a similar movement can be witnessed among the voting public. Several groups, mindful of the many questions on the viability of poll automation, have set out on informing the public about the new voting system. EILER has jumped into the same bandwagon through its Workers' Electoral Watch or WE-Watch project, which is a mechanism for educating the labor force and for mobilizing them to guard and document the electoral process.