What My Vote is Worth
Dear Presidentiables and Vice-Presidentiables,
MY VOTE IS FOR SALE! 
But I don’t want money in exchange for it. All I’m asking for is your ability and credibility to make the Philippines a place worth living in. Show me what you’ve got, and you win my precious vote. 
Sincerely yours,
Juan de la Cruz 
If everybody just has the dignity to utter those words and mean what he says, then all else shouldn’t be hard. The problem is that some of us are easily swayed by material bribery. Why is that? 
Some say it’s practicality, others say it’s just the way things go. 
But if you take a look at situations like this, could you really say it’s just human nature? I think not. 
People are born with intelligence. We actually have the instinct to choose what’s right, yet we still fall for the wrong one. 
Aside from the fact that some politicians buy people’s votes because they want to be sure of the ownership of power and authority, it seems so obvious that the reason they vote-buy is that they’re not confident that they will win the people’s trust, and that they can’t find the most effective way to gain their support. 
It’s my first time to vote in a Presidential election this May, and I’m not going to waste it by giving it to someone in exchange for material things. My vote is worth a high score in the LASER test. 
I hope you, too, could properly assess the candidates by conducting the LASER test with each of them. And it would be much better if you make the results a basis for the winner of your vote, not the amount of money you receive. Let’s say no to vote buying! 
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i totally agree with you – and you said your piece in such a simple, straightforward way.
when i read your take – one who is a first time voter – i know there is much hope in the air.
ty mikyu.
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You’re welcome, Fr. Melo!
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NO TO VOTE BUYING!!!!
GO GRASYA!!
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Oh yeah! No to disgrasya! Hahaha.
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weeeeeh!! hapit na jud elections aie.. ng.buhat na gni mi lista diri sa amuh kung kinsa amuh i.vote kay mura ta ng.take ug departmentals anah.. hahaha!!!
anyways, akuh ra jud Gibo sa amuh aie.. Noynoy sila tanan.. and most of my friends who are also torn between Noynoy and Gibo like me, are trying to convince me nga Noynoy nlng daw para dili ma.tunga ang votes, basin madaog nya daw si villar.. waaaaaaah!!! naloloka na ako.. haha. tsar!!!
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I say no to voting for someone because of what other people say. They do have a point. Pero if in.ana nlang jd, dli kha mg.basol ang mga taw in the future kng mgka.prublima? It’s better to blame oneself sa pgka.palpak sa iyang g.botaran than to regret one’s decision and blame others. Naa ba pud koi point? Hahaha.
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No matter how badly I WANTED TO VOTE…
I wasnt able to register T.T I regret it deeply. I was jst our of the country & had less time to register overseas.. *sigh* darn.
I hope the elections would give us a great result. I can feel something very special this elections. I hope everything’s gonna turn alright!!
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Sana nga it’s going to be okay. It has been prophesied nga raw that the May 2010 elections will be a make-or-break one. Waaahhh. Go, Pinas!
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