A Little May 2010 Election Briefing And Some Election Trivias

1. The Presidential, legislative and local elections will be on May 10, 2010.

2. Whoever gets elected president will be the 15th President of our country.

3. The 2010 election, in compliance with Republic Act No. 9369, also known as Amended Computerization Act of 2007, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) will administer the first national computerized election in the history of the Philippines.

4. Official campaign period:
Candidates running for national positions – February 9 to May 8
Candidates running for local positions – March 26 to May 8

ELECTION TRIVIAS: Did you know…
In Australia, voting is compulsory for all adult citizens aged 18 years or older. Non-voters will have to provide a reason for their failure to vote or pay a $20 penalty. Compulsory voting is also enforced in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Singapore, Switzerland and Turkey.

From DiscoveryMagazine.com: 20 Things You Didn’t Know About Elections:
There are 2 things that are worth reading in relation to the coming election–

17.  Ballot layout matters. There’s the “vertical proximity effect,” whereby unknown candidates whose names appear near those of popular candidates get extra votes.

18. And then there’s a tendency among voters simply to vote for the first name on the ballot. In Australia, where voting is compulsory, these votes could account for as much as 1 percent of the total.

A person’s bias is based on facts, but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examining the facts. Vote wisely, people.