Twelve million voters in 26 provinces in Mindanao go to the polls on Monday to elect local officials in the second automated elections in three years. The Mindanao Development Authority has given assurance that there will be enough electricity to power the ballot scanners, and both the western and eastern commands of the military have deployed tens of thousands of soldiers and militiamen to provide security during the daylong balloting. Already, there are sure winners—Governors Corazon Malanyaon of Davao Oriental, Rodolfo del Rosario of Davao del Norte, Arturo Uy of Compostela Valley, Angelica Amante of Agusan del Norte, Steve Solon of Sarangani and Antonio Ce...
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