Before May 14, 2018, the day of the Election 2018, we were asked to go to the Commission on Election (COMELEC) to get our appointment letter, and to the City Treasury for some of the materials (paraphernalia), we will be using the next day. After heading to church early in the morning, I asked my brother to accompany me so we could go to the school our polling precinct is assigned to set the room up and clean.
My Poll Clerk, Mr. Brylle Genio, and I met so I could sign his appointment and vice versa. After signing, we also got our IDs, PCVL and ECVL, Tally Boards, 12 Pens, 12 Secrecy Folders, 10 sets of the List of Candidates, two bottles of Indelible Ink, Bond Paper, and Rubber bands. We went to Hulo Integrated School right after to set it up for election day.
Our Third Member, Mr. John Esquivel, couldn't meet us that day since he had to do something. He promised to go to the city hall the next day as early as possible to get the ballots, ballot box, and election returns.
On election day, we realized that our voters were mostly elderly people. 139 registered voters actually voted in our precinct (0553A and 0556P3), while there are 29 SK registered voters who voted that day.
Since our precinct is more like an express precinct for the elders, we weren't that stressed during the voting time. There were no major incidences, too. We were able to finish our duty early. We closed the voting precinct after calling possible voters before finally closing the doors to prepare for the post-voting procedure.
We finished at around 7:30PM and turned over all of the materials, election returns, and Ballot Boxes to the treasury and COMELEC. By 9:00PM, I was already done, and my members and I went our separate ways. They went home while I stayed at the City Hall to wait for my friends who served at HHIS. They arrived at around 10:30PM.
We ate at Chowking because we couldn't eat that much the whole day. No pictures were taken since we were all so hungry and thirsty. haha
We stayed at Mrs. Castor's condo near the city hall. They were able to sleep right away, but I couldn't because I took a bath and my hair was still wet. I slept at around 2:00AM and woke up at 4:00AM while Maám Castor was preparing to leave since she had to go somewhere. I fell asleep again and woke up around 7:00AM while Maám Belle was washing some dishes.
We had a light breakfast, just bread and coffee. Then, at 11:00AM, we ate Bulalo and rice from RJ Bulaluhan. I didn't realize I was so hungry. My hands were shaking while we were eating. I wasn't used to eating just bread in the morning. At home, I usually have rice for breakfast. So, no wonder I was shaking because of hunger. haha.
Then we went to school to wait for some blessings. haha wink wink.
