Some voters at Gregorio Perfecto High School in Tondo, Manila expressed disappointment and anger over the slow movement of queueing while entering the school during the Barangay Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on Monday, Oct. 30.

As thousands of voters cast their votes for the BSKE, other voters at Rosauro Almario Elementary School in Tondo also encountered problems such as failure to find their names on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) master list.

Members of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) assisted them and found their names, while others who had the same problem did not really find their names.

Mary Jane of PPCRV said that the voters who were not included in the list was not allowed to cast their votes. They were advised to complain to the Comelec office.

According to precinct watchers, it was around 5 a.m. when voters at Rosauro Almario Elementary School and Gregorio Perfecto High School started to line up outside.

Around 7 a.m., the voters were allowed to enter the schools.

The lists of the voter precincts were also posted outside and inside the schools.

Assistance desks were also set up to assist voters with their concerns. Priority lanes were reserved for senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWD), and pregnant voters.

According to the principal of Gregorio Perfecto High School, June Hayden Sinson, around 44,000 voters were expected to vote in the school, as it covers eight barangays.

It includes Barangay 20, which has around 28,000 registered voters.

According to the Department of Education Supervisor Official (DESO), voters of barangays 18 to 20 were supposed to be at Rosauro Almario Elementary School, but because the school lacks rooms, they had to share with barangays 56 to 60 at Gregorio Perfecto High School.

Voters from the five barangays occupied the covered court and an old building of the school, while Barangays 18 and 19 occupied the second floor, and Barangay 20 was on the 3rd and 4th floors.

An Emergency Accessible Polling Place (EAPP) was also set up at the covered court for all barangays, where senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and pregnant women were allowed to cast their votes.

Only nine to 10 voters were allowed to enter each voting room, while those who were waiting just lined up outside the room because there were no designated waiting areas.

For the safety and peace of the election and the public, around 60 members of the Bureau of Fire Protection and Manila Police District (MPD) were deployed to give medical assistance and secure the areas near the schools.

As of 11 a.m., authorities said that no anomalies related to the election had been reported to them.