ELECTION GLITCHES

As millions of Filipinos cast their votes for national and local positions, various areas across the country reported poll-related incidents in yesterday's mid-term elections.

- By JOSEPH PEDRAJAS

In Datu Odin Sinsuat, a town in Maguindanao del Norte, Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said the poll body received reports of intimidation, where individuals attempted to block the locals from voting.

Garcia said the poll body alerted the military and the police, which immediately responded to the situation.

Meanwhile, in Abra, Garcia said, two poll watchers were removed from a polling precinct after they were caught assisting a senior citizen in shading her ballot an election offense that is punishable by up to six years in prison.

He said local Comelec officials already listed the identities of the poll watchers for the subsequent filing of charges.