DW News published this video item, entitled “Philippines candidates face off ahead of presidential election | DW News” – below is their description.
Filipinos vote in two weeks to elect their new president. We take stock of where the two lead campaigners are and how social media could decide the winner. And some priests are publicly taking sides in the upcoming election – even though it’s sparking controversy in the Catholic-majority country. DW met one priest for whom the election is a battle between good and evil.
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Voting is a method for a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, in order to make a collective decision or express an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns. Democracies elect holders of high office by voting. Residents of a place represented by an elected official are called “constituents”, and those constituents who cast a ballot for their chosen candidate are called “voters”. There are different systems for collecting votes, but while many of the systems used in decision-making can also be used as electoral systems, any which cater for proportional representation can only be used in elections.
In smaller organizations, voting can occur in different ways. Formally via ballot to elect others for example within a workplace, to elect members of political associations or to choose roles for others. Informally voting could occur as a spoken agreement or as a verbal gesture like a raised hand or electronically.
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