[Episodes] Willing to wait

'It was heartbreaking to shade my ballot at nearly 2 in the morning on May 10, when initial reports on social media were already clearly pointing to a trend.' PHVote Opinion

I had imagined that my family’s voting experience this year would be seamless. I had renewed my registration, and my four children were all voting for the first time. The polling precinct was a stone’s throw away from where we lived. We knew this was a make-or-break democratic exercise and we were thrilled to participate.Early Monday, our barangay, Teachers Village East in Quezon City, posted on its Facebook page that two out of the three Vote Counting Machines in our precinct were not working.

After midnight, we were told: one machine was ok, but the other – rotten luck, the one assigned to us – now had to be replaced. Days later, when the results per barangay were posted online, we felt gratified that the presidential, vice presidential, and senatorial candidates we had voted for did win overwhelmingly, in stark contrast to the national outcome. It’s a small consolation, but in our neck of the woods, it was worth it, after all.

We want many other things badly. We are hungry for good governance, honesty, and decency in government, leaders who truly respect, hear, and feel us, and people who can contemplate a better life for themselves and their children. We are hungry for information that does not confuse, deceive, or divide us.

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