
Hours before Tagon-ons went out of their homes to try their hands at the PCOS machine for the May 2010 elections, heaven was already leaking like hell. Still they went to their designated polling places by braving the heavy rains and queued for at least two hours while standing on murky, knee-deep waters.
When rains continued without let-up and people began going home with nary a blot of indelible ink on their index finger, candidates panicked: These people had already received the “tili-tili,” what if, because of the hassle that comes with voting, they would just decide to stay at home and not vote?
The Comelec Report
For Tago, Comelec reported 35 clustered precincts, 21,254 registered voters and 16,638 who actually voted. All these data say is that for every 10 Tagon-on voters, about eight had cast their ballot. Given the inclement weather on May 10, the 78.28% voter turnout is quite high and all because the electorates were curious about the PCOS machine and the new way of voting.
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