TEN COMMANDMENTS OF RESPONSIBLE VOTING

1. You shall vote according to the dictate of your conscience.

2. You shall respect the decision of others in choosing their candidates.

3. You shall seek to know the moral integrity, capabilities and other personal qualities of the candidates and parties seeking your vote.

4. You shall strive to understand the issues, platform and programs of candidates and parties seeking your vote.

5. You shall not sell your votes.

6. You shall not vote for candidates using guns, goons and gold

7. You shall not vote for candidates with records of graft and corruption.

8. You shall not vote for candidates just because of utang na loob, popularity or pakikisama

9. You shall not vote for candidates living an immoral life.

10. You shall put the welfare of the country above all else in choosing the candidates you will vote.

Source: Children's Play: Politics in the Eyes of a Child Concept Paper

Those phrases above are merely reminders for us, voters! It only says one thing. We should vote according to what we think is right, our instincts and of course, our own conscience. =]