Sara: Prepare sample ballots on election day
ILOILO City – LAKAS-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte on Thursday afternoon reminded voters to prepare a sample ballot during election day to ensure that their right to vote, which is essential to nation-building, is properly exercised.
Duterte, chairperson of Lakas-CMD, made this call during her speech at the Iloilo Convention Center where a throng of supporters came out to see her and members of the BBM-Sara UniTeam Senate slate.
According to her, sample ballots have a very practical use come election day and it can spell the diffence between making good choice and a bad one, particularly when it comes to the senatorial race.
“Alam niyo po sa study na ginagawa ng pulsers at surveyors lagi po tayong mga botante anim lang ang mga binoboto na senators dahil daw minsan wala silang kopya. Hindi na nila maalala kung sino yung mga senators na iboboto nila,” Duterte said.
“Pangalawa, dahil sa haba ng balota natin, haba ng balota natin sa sobrang dami ng pangalan, tinatamad yung mga botante maghanap nung kanilang mga pangalan sa mga senators. Kaya nire-remind ko po kayong lahat na sa araw po ng ating eleksyon, maghanda po tayo ng ating sample ballot,” Duterte said.
Duterte said that a sample ballot contains the number designated to each of the prefered candidates of the voter as well as each of the candidates’ surnames.
Mayor Duterte stressed the importance of filling up the ballot with 12 names for senator. ‘Tayo ay binigyan ng batas na pumil ng 12 na senators, so reminder lang po yan sa inyong lahat sa araw ng election day. Yan po kanina sinabi ko na sa inyo ang aming senators, nagsasabi silang lahat na meron silang lakas na tumulong sa ating bayan, gagawa ng batas ang mga iyan sa ating Senado.”
The aspiring vice president once again endorsed in her speech the candidacies of the following 12 “senatoriables”: Una po si sen Jinggoy Estrada, Herbert Bautista, Mark Villar, Loren Legarda, Harry Roque, Rodante Marcoleta, Larry Gadon, Gringo Honasan, Gibo Teodoro, Sherwin gatchallian, Migz Zubiri and Robin Padilla.
