News release
June 7, 2010
One of the witnesses of alleged irregularities during the May 10 elections in Basilan province claimed that an attempt on his life was made purportedly due to his role as a poll watcher for one of the mayoralty bets in Tabuanlasa town, according to a report reaching Kontra Daya.
In a sworn affidavit, [...]

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 [...]

We are issuing these recommendations based on the monitoring work we did before and during the May 10 polls. While it is acknowledged that the transmission and initial tallying of results were fast, the whole automated process was fraught with problems; from poor preparations, inadequate training of BEI’s, absence of rigorous testing of machines and the lack of education among the public.

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 [...]

The country’s first automated national polls in Luzon were characterized by widespread cases of malfunctioning precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines and long queues at polling precincts. In many polling centers, elections have been delayed due to such technical glitches, aggravated by slow and poorly organized voting procedures, Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) members still familiarizing with the automated system, and IT consultants lacking skills. In some areas, problems were aggravated by power failure.

Based on reports received as of 5:00 PM, May 10, 2010

Violence

At least three incidents of violence marred the elections in Mindanao today, according to reports received by Kontra Daya.

“We hope Comelec proves us wrong, but we don’t think it will be smooth sailing on Monday. Too many matters have been left to chance. The lack of preparations of the Comelec will become evident tomorrow,” said Kontra Daya convenor Fr. Joe Dizon.

Kontra Daya has been monitoring the conduct of field tests, mock elections and the Final Testing and Sealing for the PCOS machine. The following are some of the critical points voters and monitors must observe on Election Day

The poll watchdog group Kontra Daya raised alarms today over persistent reports that Precinct Count Optical Scan machines deployed in several precincts in Luzon were experiencing problems in the tallying poll results. Reports monitored by Kontra Daya pointed out that the machines did not tally the votes correctly after the tests. Many complaints were related to the tally of results for local positions.

In a press conference in at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, poll watchdog Kontra Daya asked the Comelec why several items and equipment that would be used for the May 10 polls were not submitted for testing and certification in accordance with RA 9369.