Being an Automated Elections Observer is Hard Work 185.0
Observing elections is a vocation and profession. Vignettes. IFES and NDI. Vignette 1. I first met Butch Abad, now of the Liberal Party, when he saw a group of us of the Cebu NAMFREL off to Danao City,...
View ArticleComelec Plans to Reduce Congestion from Clustering are Inadequate 187.0
Res 953 was enacted en banc on 12.22.09 as a complete plan Minute Resolution 953 was promulgated one week before the first Res 8739 General Instructions for the Board of Election Inspectors (GI). If,...
View ArticleWill the 2010 automated elections be a failure? Part 1 of 2
I have two answers: I hope Not! and Yes, it has! Pundits argue that the main purpose of elections is either (a) to select the best leader or (b) to express the will of the people. Which purpose do you...
View ArticleWill the 2010 automated elections be a failure? Part 2 of 2
Our happiness ought to be the leader-candidates’ platform in this election This post answers the other question on election failure, that of the political scientists and many people in the streets: If...
View ArticleLessons from the Last Mock Elections at UNTV 206.0
More and earlier mock elections would have exposed glitches and helped adapt to change According to its main goal, the mock elections on Thursday, April 29, can be considered a failure because only 500...
View ArticlePhilippine Automated Elections – My Experience 207.0
In pictures. I finished with my duty at 7:28 a.m. today My voting strategy was to come early and be among the first fifty voters in the queue at my voting center or return in the afternoon. I came in...
View ArticleChange Management in Computerization as Case for Innovation Systems 208.0
Implementing computerization follows the global innovation S-curve The Philippines recent experience with implementing automated elections proves a similar climb up the S-curve with some path creation...
View ArticleDiscouraged Voters Affected VP and Senator Elections 209.0
Those with interest in highlighting the success of automated voting like the Comelec, the PPCRV and the Makati Business Club are already extolling the elections as a total success. I think we should...
View ArticleTop Ten Philippines Websites by Alexa Rank as of May 23 2010
From our first compilation of the top ten Philippines websites by Alexa rank three months ago (2/19/10), the 2010 automated elections and looking for jobs have become important search activities this...
View ArticleSocial Innovation in Campaign Finance to Boost the Art of Associating 313.0
Quietly, many groups are working for better political institutions like campaign finance and program-based political parties as social innovations in the Philippines. I attended a high-powered...
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