Author Topic: Mock elections, anyone? (Read 1307 times)

islander · « **on:** November 26, 2018, 11:36:54 AM »

from ‘Bobotantes’? Educate voters via mock election
GOTCHA - Jarius Bondoc
The Philippine Star)
November 26, 2018

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Conscientious citizens are aghast. Leading in surveys on the May 2019 balloting are the traditional politicos, dynasts, and crooks. They blame it on respondents who go only for the popular, not the worthy.

Voters must subject candidates to the LASER test. Aspirants for senator, congressman, and local posts need assessing in terms of:

Lifestyle - Does s/he live modestly, in line with constitutional rules for public officials? Does he have unexplained wealth, incommensurate to his salary or lawful income?

Actions – Does he have a track record of competence and servant-leadership? Is he for the common good, not a vested interest?

Supporters – Who are his campaigners and contributors? Will dealings with them compromise him? Does his family uphold integrity?

Election conduct – Does he obey election laws and respect the rights of voters and rivals? Or buy votes, overspend on ads, use government property, and has posters outside prescribed areas?

Reputation – Has he been involved in scandal? Aside from attending Mass and public prayers, is he God-fearing and morally upright?

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islander · « **Reply #1 on:** November 26, 2018, 11:37:49 AM »

Other questions can be added, said LASER test developers, Cebu priest Fr. Melo Diola, ex-audit commissioner Heidi Mendoza, and the late interior secretary Jesse Robredo. Candidates can measure themselves with the same.

What next? Voter conscientizer Willie Villarama suggests holding a national mock election using the LASER test. That could boost the chances of less known, underfunded candidates. If more LASER passers win elective seats, the country will have a chance truly to change.

There are several ways to hold a mock national balloting. Crucial is the credibility of the organizers.

One is by picking citizens to vet the candidates via the LASER. There can be ten from each of the 255 congressional districts, or 2,550 in all. To truly represent the population, half can be male, and half female. Half can be millennials born 1980 or later, and half “lolo-nials” born before then. Five can be from income class D and E, three from C, and two from A-B. And so forth.

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islander · « **Reply #2 on:** November 26, 2018, 11:38:18 AM »

All must be politically neutral, unrelated to any of the national or local candidates by blood, affinity, or work/business. They would be trained to assess the candidates via the LASER test. The Personnel Management Association of the Philippines can draw up criteria for each elective post.

Candidates will be asked to submit data pertinent to LASER. Like, Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth, campaign donors, projected and actual expenses as of cutoff date, etc. First-timers need not win first before preparing such SALN. Old-time pols should rush to submit theirs, if only to show clean intentions.

On an appointed day, say, a month before Election Day, the select citizens are to cast votes in a mock balloting. These shall be consolidated, and the results announced. The press shall be invited to cover.

Survey tail-enders who make it to the top of the mock election will be the talk of the town.

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islander · « **Reply #3 on:** November 26, 2018, 11:39:02 AM »

Another way to do it is US-style. There the oldest, largest, and most successful method of voter education is the National Student/Parent Mock Election. Millions of students (and some of their parents) vote in their schools, community centers, state capitals, even hospital wards all across the country. Their vote totals are reported to their state or national election headquarters. The press flashes the results across the airwaves and Internet (search the web for mechanics.)

Preparations begin months ahead. Volunteer coordinators distribute voting and curriculum guides, etc.; and plan the election sites, vote tabulations, and all other elements of an actual election. A week or so before Election Day the mock votes are cast. Students would have studied the candidates and party platforms, held forums and debates on issues, and get-out-the-vote drives.

If to be adopted in the Philippines, spearheading can be by a national association of student councils and college editors. Athletes being student attractions, it can even be by UAAP (University Athletic Association of the Philippines) alumni. Civic groups can pitch in, along with Catholic, Protestant, evangelical and Muslim leaders.

The point is to stop yakking and start changing. Spread the word.

https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2018/11/26/1871719/bobotantes-educate-voters-mock-election#AsVKLM3ZZ4jjcty3.99

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