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Government, Politics, Technology

Senator Hontiveros Proposes Bill To Make Philippine Election Ballots Waterproof

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FILE PHOTO: Ex-Comelec Chief Andy Bautista holds sample, non-waterproof ballots used in the 2016 Philippine Presidential Elections

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – A day after wet ballots were discovered during the recount in connection with Bongbong Marcos’ electoral protest against Vice President Leni Robredo, Senator Risa Hontiveros has put forward a no nonsense proposal.

Hontiveros’ bill will authorize the Commission on Elections to produce waterproof ballots starting with the 2019 elections.

”This will prevent future incidents of tampering and other ballot irregularities,” Hontiveros told The Adobo Chronicles.

Government, Politics

Mysterious Camarines Sur Ballots

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NAGA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The ongoing recount of contested ballots in the 2016 Vice Presidential elections is generating more questions than answers as to who is the legitimate winner between Bongbong Marcos and Leni Robredo.

First, there was the discovery of wet ballots. Then the mystery of missing audit logs.

(Earlier, the Catholic Bishops claimed the ballots were merely blessed and sprinkled with Holy Water.)

Now comes yet another puzzle.

A needle and hazardous waste disposal container was found along with the ballot boxes from Camarines Sur.

An ocular  inspection of the container seems to confirm the presence of used needle syringes marked ‘Dengvaxia.’

Comelec officials fear that the rest of the ballot boxes may have been contaminated and could render them null and void for the recount.

Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.

Government, Politics, Religion

Catholic Bishops Come To Leni’s Rescue Over Wet Ballots

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A8AEF626-AB67-4597-A38C-94A85CAB1377MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Within hours after the start of the manual recount of contested ballots in the 2016 Vice Presidential race, the camp of Bongbong Marcos already noticed something unusual: the ballots from Leni Robredo’s bailiwick pf Camarines Sur were wet.

Immediately, there were speculations of tampering over the wet ballots, not to mention missing ballot audit logs.

But the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) swiftly came to Robredo’s rescue, saying that the ballot boxes in question may have been blessed with Holy Water by Catholic priests prior to being re-opened for the manual count.

The CBCP statement was suspicious considering that Robredo was seen at a church along with nuns and other Catholic supporters prior to the start of the Supreme Court recount.

It’s one of two things: there was a miracle, or there’s something fishy going on.  We suspect the latter.