THE nation’s electorate owes a million thanks to former Sen. Dick Gordon for his efforts to make sure that their votes in May will be correctly recorded through verifiable receipts printed by the vote counting machines.

The Commission on Elections had vigorously opposed Dick’s conscientious demand that it abide by the provision of the Automated Election System law for Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail. The poll body ignored this provision in the 2010 and 2013 elections. Well, Dick believed that enough is enough. It can’t continue to ignore the law and do as it pleases.

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