The anti-fraud group Kontra Daya has received information on fraud committed during the May 10 elections in one of the island municipalities in Basilan.

The area is a recently created municipality with no electricity and with weak cellular phone signals.

According to Kontra Daya, the information came in the form of affidavits executed by members of the [...]

Based on reports received as of 5:00 PM, May 10, 2010
Disenfranchised voters
Kontra Daya received reports of disenfranchisement in several polling centers in Luzon. One case is Erika Digno of San Pedro, Laguna, a first-time voter and who availed of the extended registration for the youth. Digno told Kontra Daya she was not able to vote [...]

Poll irregularities in the Visayas as monitored by Kontra Daya
Less than 3 hours before the scheduled close of precincts on election day, concerns arise in Visayas over the “emerging trend of massive and prevalent disenfranchisement of voters,” according to election watchdog group Kontra Daya, based on the deluge of reports regarding problems with voting processes [...]

The Kontra Daya campaign group today denounced the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for dismissing the disqualification cases filed against presidential son and Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo, who is the first nominee of Ang Galing Pinoy Partylist (AG).

A number of groups have sought Arroyo’s disqualification from the party-list race, arguing that he is not [...]

In Brgy. Daliao, Maasim, Sarangani, the key to the holding area where the PCOS machine is being kept is reportedly with soldiers. Absence of Comelec personnel from the area has also been reported.

May 7, 2010 (as of 3:40 PM) – Updates from Kontra Daya monitoring teams confirm reports that the final testing and sealing (FTS) of precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines set yesterday has been rescheduled to May 9 in some areas around the country.
In the Bicol region, the FTS in Catanduanes and Camarines Norte [...]

At the Brgy. Sta. Cruz/Benitez Elementary School in Makati City, a PCOS machine was tested with 10 ballots, one of which was spoiled. The machine recorded the votes on all nine valid ballots, its count tallying with the manual count.

Reports reaching the Kontra Daya hotline point to alleged vote-buying incidents in Davao and Pampanga.

Speaker Prospero Nograles and Joji Ilagan-Bian are giving away P100 to residents, and even P200 for widows in Bunawan, Davao City, according to one of the reports. Bian is running for a congressional seat for Davao City’s Second District, while [...]

Reports reaching Kontra Daya say that all PCOS machines brought to the Dr. Juan Nolasco High School in Pritil, Tondo for final testing and sealing are defective.

Negros Occidental Provincial Comelec held a meeting this morning among the Board of Election Inspectors, and PPCRV with instructions not to deploy the PCOS machines in the warehouse and to recall all PCOS machines deployed in the polling centers.