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Ok, this is obviously a rhetorical question.  My point here is have you registered to vote in the upcoming 2010 elections?  Voter registration ended last October 31 and if you are a citizen of the Philippines and at least 18 years of age, I am hoping we all had our thumbs “purplized”.

We live in a country that gives us the right to vote and this means we get a say in who will run our country.  Unfortunately, there are those who have decided to take a “I don’t care” kind of attitude about elections because they have lost hope in the system or just find it too difficult or tedious to line up and register.  But if you look at the bigger picture, these are just small prices to pay for the right to vote.

Remember, election issues directly affect all of us and by not voting we are actually saying goodbye to our ability to have any influence on important national issues like Charter Change, education, health, the economy, etc.  Also, by not voting in a way we negate our right to complain about government decisions that we don’t agree with, regardless how bad it might be.  By not voting, it’s like saying we don’t care who leads our country and how it will be run.  Finally, we all should vote because we can.  To be able to cast our vote is a huge gift and responsibility, and if we look back at our history, our ancestors have actually fought and died for this right, a right that we should never take for granted.

If you need more information about the upcoming 2010 elections, then check out Yahoo! Philippines online coverage of the elections called Purple Thumb.  Just right now I’m seeing people in the Answers community asking questions about the upcoming automated elections, since this will be new to all of us.

Vandrew asked how computerizing the elections will help solve the issue of cheating while Doctor J asked if automating the elections will do the country good.  Mrs. C shared that it will be good to have automated elections now because it can avoid human error and we can get results in the soonest time possible and not have to wait for months.

To get a better view of how the automated elections will be done, check out this video prepared by the Yahoo! Philippines Editorial Team in partnership with Comelec.  Please feel free to spread the word as well about Purple Thumb because we certainly need to be informed in order to vote responsibly in the coming 2010 elections.

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