Transparency is not negotiable

LET’S take a trip back in time to the election days in 2010 and 2013.

On both days, I, with so many other voters, trooped to the voting center in our barangay. Finding my precinct, I patiently waited until it was my turn. Having been cleared by the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI), I was handed by the BEI Chairman my ballot. I dutifully filled it out, shading the “bilog na hugis itlog” opposite the names of the candidates of my choice per contest. I then proceeded to the PCOS machine, inserted my ballot, and a message that said “Congratulations” was displayed on the display panel.