met 3 girls
brought bags fully loaded with envelops
husband handed me 3 envelops
money inside with sample ballots
Vote buying is everywhere
By ida123
@ida123 (6206)
Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
May 4, 2016 11:36pm CST
After my daily routine, I went home with full of sweats and on my way, I met 3 girls who just get outside from our gate and I don't know them. They brought bags fully loaded with envelops. When I about to get inside, my husband handed me 3 envelops and I open 1 of it. OMG, it has P3,000.00 with sample ballots from a team of candidates. My good God, are they that hungry? I couldn't imagine how much they spend for this election and they don't even know if I'll vote for them.
I ask my neighbor who bought some stuff in my store, did you received envelops with money inside? She answered immediately, yes. we received it.
So, I conclude that they give envelops with money to each household.
What can you say about this friend?
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19 responses
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
5 May 16
so an envelop costs P1000? just joking. here, the former mayor's supporters shell out the 500 bill to the squatters, and these squatters readily accept them, but we don't know if they will vote for him or nor.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
5 May 16
@ida123 wow 9k! so what will you do with the money?
i wonder about that, too. how will they know if you voted for them?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
5 May 16
@ida123 these foolish people have their way of knowing if you will vote for their candidates. you will notice on election day when their guards will be there watching how you will vote. (
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@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
5 May 16
Take the money and vote for whoever you want and definitely not them
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@ida123 (6206)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
5 May 16
@Missmwngi
We don't like this kind of candidate who used to buy votes, the tendency of this candidate if he wins, he is a corrupt one because he wants his money that he gives during election will come back to his pocket again.
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@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
5 May 16
@ida123 That is the way to go. If the candidate can bribe for votes he/she does not deserve the votes at all
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@ida123 (6206)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
6 May 16
Yes, I will vote for my candidate whom I think is qualified and best for the position. Anyway, we are not asking the money, they plainly ask for our names and they will find it in the master list if we are there. Maybe they're doing this so that they will know if the person they are giving are the real voters or qualified to vote.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
5 May 16
Hahahah...it becomes a tradition in our country..
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
5 May 16
@ida123 since the value increases that is why they do that.or maybe to consider it as a gift..
Long time before I remember the highest price was only a hundred for local and 500 for national funds..but now I heard from local it's 3k..wonder where they get all those money.
I'm sure I won't be receiving any..for when somebody comes to the house and do survey my answer was 'the secrecy of my vote is my right'..
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@ida123 (6206)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
5 May 16
@jndlponti
For us here, no one does surveying. They'll just come to each house and give the envelops as long as your name was in the master list.
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@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
5 May 16
All I can say is this: I was searching for 90 boxes of white envelopes yesterday from all stores in the city but couldn't find any.
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@ida123 (6206)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
5 May 16
@toniganzon
Sorry for the shortage of white envelops in your place friend, it's the mad candidate who used it.
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@zaga_cleuth (1407)
• Philippines
5 May 16
Omg. That is too much. That is my salary tax per cut off already. Imagine if they win the election, they'll going to get the amount they give thru corruption. Is there anybody who stand in your neighborhood towards that? That is obviously vote buying.
You should've posted that on social media. Almost everything now are exposed thru social media. You should've shared the photo's of people and party who are giving the envelops and what's inside the envelope. ha ha
If you got 3 envelops, you had 9,000 cold cash. wahahah. easy money. ha ha ha
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@zaga_cleuth (1407)
• Philippines
8 May 16
@ida123 I see. . Well, that is the money that comes from the pocket of the locals.
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@ida123 (6206)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
8 May 16
@zaga_cleuth
It is from his own pocket because he was not an incumbent officer and he operates illegal gambling here in our place.
@antonbunot (11093)
• Calgary, Alberta
5 May 16
Well, take it! That's your money that those evil politicians stole and are giving back to you. After the elections whether you took it or not, they will resume pocketing millions of people's money (taxes that you pay). 
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@ida123 (6206)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
6 May 16
Yes, we take it. They give that to us and it is not good that we refuse an offer, that is a very great insult to them, right? As of now, almost all candidates even incumbent or new candidates are giving money, they deliver the money to every house.
@ida123 (6206)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
6 May 16
My share was already given to my neighbor who was hospitalized, I give it to them, he needs that money very badly. Vote buying here is very rampant and many people can see those guys who give money with sample ballots inside each house. Almost all candidates are doing this.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
5 May 16
Yeah, candidates spend money for vote buying. This already exist eversince.
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