Long lines, pre-shaded ballots hound 2010 polls, observers say

05/12/2010 | 05:02 PM
JACQUES I. JIMENO, GMANews.TV
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Foreign observers in the May 10 elections flash their Compact for Peaceful and Democratic Elections vests at a QC news briefing last week. GMANews.TV

Foreign observers in the May 10 elections flash their Compact for Peaceful and Democratic Elections vests at a QC news briefing last week. GMANews.TV

Long queues, pre-shaded ballots, malfunctioning voting machines, and bypassed electoral procedures were some of the problems noted by international observers who observed the Philippines’ first nationwide automated polls.

"A few machines were not working," Tiina Hiltunen of Finland said in a Balitanghali interview on Wednesday.

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