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A Philippines Election Works

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May 11, 2010
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With a chaotic Filipino election now history except for the final counting, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo heaved a sigh of relief when she fed her ballot into a machine – an expression so spontaneous it captured what many Filipinos were hoping for in the country's first automated elections.

At 7:30 am on Tuesday, with 71 percent of the votes counted,…

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