FILIPINOS THINK POLL AUTOMATION WON’T SOLVE ELECTORAL FRAUD
IBON Foundation
November 2, 2009
Posted by CenPEG
As voters' registration ended over the weekend, results of the latest IBON nationwide survey showed that majority of Filipinos believes poll automation will not address the problem of alleged electoral fraud.
Of the 88.5% respondents who are aware of the poll automation program, 56.5% believes that it will not solve fraud in the upcoming elections. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will implement poll automation nationwide for the first time in the 2010 elections in the aim to minimize electoral fraud.
IBON conducted its nationwide survey on October 2-8 among 1,496 respondents. The October 2009 survey used a multi-stage probability sampling scheme and has a margin of error of plus or minus three percent. (end)
Below is the tabulation of results of respondents’ perception on poll automation.
Are you aware of the Commission on Election' (COMELEC) poll automation program that is intended to be in the upcoming 2010 elections?
|
July 2009 |
October 2009 |
Yes |
78.93 |
88.50 |
No |
20.54 |
10.63 |
No Answer |
0.54 |
0.87 |
Total |
100.00 |
100.00 |
In your opinion, will poll automation address the problem of alleged electoral fraud?
|
July 2009 |
October 2009 |
Yes |
20.85 |
25.76 |
No |
57.37 |
56.50 |
Dont Know |
21.78 |
17.52 |
No Answer |
na |
0.23 |
Total |
100.00 |
100.00 |
The full results of the October 2009 survey may be viewed at www.ibon.org.
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