Registered Voter
Richard and I registered at Comelec Dasmarinas yesterday. We are now eligible to vote in next year’s election. I’m happy. :) I wasn’t able to vote in the last presidential elections because of a business trip. I hope there will be no hindrances this time. The process is really simple: Present a valid ID. Validation of previous registration to receive the appropriate form. New registrants are automatically given a form. Submit form for precinct assignment. Computerized fingerprinting, signature and photo capture. Although it looks pretty simple, it still took us around 1.5 hours to finish the whole process. Step #2, validation, took a while because they had to write registrants’ details in a paper first, wait for the sheet to be filled up, take the sheet to the 2nd floor for validation. They then shout out the names (no mic, no queue) to distribute the forms. Once the forms are accomplished and submitted, the address gets ...