“We strongly condemn this act by people who allow themselves to be used,” Governor Esmael Mangudadatu said. “I strongly appeal to the President and to Comelec Chair (Sixto) Brillantes to annul the old list of voters starting today and conduct a totally new registration of voters using the biometric system.”People in developing democracies seem to be picking up on the idea that biometric voter systems can bring the cost of clean elections within their reach.
At least 50 of the people hauled to police stations were minors, said Chief Inspector Abubakar Mangelen Jr., head of the provincial police mobile group.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Flying Voters in the Philippenes
A case of organized voter fraud (Philippine Daily Inquirer)