MANILA, Philippines—A polling place so quiet that waiting voters were nodding off. Surprisingly, the precinct was not in a sleepy town or remote area, but within the notorious national penitentiary. What many had expected to be a riotous "historic moment" at the first special polling place at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City turned out to be a long quiet wait due to a three-hour delay in the delivery of the voting paraphernalia. Elections Commissioner Luie Guia, who had come to observe the proceedings with Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, said that election lawyers at the NBP special polling place's mother precinct at the near...
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