The upcoming 2016 Presidential Elections is one of the most talked about topic these days. Three Presidential candidates have already announced their interest in running for the highest position in the Philippine government and there are already a lot of issues that are coming out too. People are expressing their opinion about the candidates some bashing some showing support but before we focus on the elections, there is something every Filipino should have to be able to truly express what they want for our country. I am talking about securing voter’s ID.

As we might have observed, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), rolled out a campaign to collect voters’ biometric data for next year’s election with the slogan ‘No Bio, No Boto’ or ‘No bio, no vote’. You might have seen their tarpaulins along highways and busy streets but most people have no idea as to what is the reason why we need to have our biometric data collected by the commission. So COMELEC also used various ways to spread information to people such as social media youth drives and malls. [Read more…]