Several voters complain of missing names in Baseco Compound, Manila

Several voters in Baseco Compound, Port Area, Manila, complained about the delay in casting their votes for Barangay Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) 2023.

According to the complainants, the delay was caused by missing names from the voter’s lists in 31 polling precincts at Pres. Corazon Aquino High School and 60 polling precincts at Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. Elementary School.

As of noon, members of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) said more than 100 voters cannot find their names on the list despite coming to their respective polling precincts as early as 5 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 31.

They said that some of the voters did not bring their valid identification cards, which also caused the slow movement in the queues.

Voters with missing names were advised to proceed to (Commission on Elections) Comelec-Main Office in Intramuros to report their complaints.

They noted that they have stubs to prove that they are registered voters but their names were not included in the master voters list and precincts lists.

Some of them decided to just go home instead of going to the Comelec office.

"Ngayon lang ito nangyari sa akin. Nakaboto naman kami nung nakaraan. Akala namin makakaboto kami pero pagdating namin dito hindi namin mahanap pangalan namin. Sabi nila sa Intramuros daw kami magrekalo. Uuwi na lang kami (This is the first time it happened to me. We were able to vote last time. We thought we could vote but when we arrived here, we cannot find our names. They asked us to go to Intramuros to complain. We will just go home)," said Linda, 49, one of the complainants.

Officers in the polling stations are still coordinating with the Comelec to locate the missing names. They said 32,624 registered voters in the said two schools are expected to cast their ballots.