Kris Aquino and James Yap vote in Brgy. Urdaneta, Makati City. The TV host and mega endorser, and her cager husband cast their votes within three minutes at around 8 a.m. Aquino gave a "big smile" when the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines accepted her ballot, reports ABS-CBNNews.com. She appealed for everyone to exercise their right to vote.
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Ruffa, Richard and Raymond Gutierrez vote in Dasmarinas Village, Makati City. The celebrity siblings got no special treatment and waited in line for an hour to vote. When Ruffa fed her ballot into the PCOS, it caused a paper jam that the Board of Election Inspectors and Smartmatics representatives fixed within a few minutes, reports GMA-7's Eleksyon 2010.
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Vilma Santos in Batangas. The "Star for All Seasons" and Liberal Party's Batangas governor candidate was held up not because of PCOS problems but because of her fans, some of which left their places in line to greet her. She came with her husband, Liberal Party senatorial candidate Ralph Recto.
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Richard Gomez and Lucy Torres in Ormoc, Leyte. It only took four minutes for the couple to vote. It can be recalled that Torres replaced her husband as Liberal Party's candidate in the congressional race in Ormoc after Gomez was disqualified for lack of the required one-year residence. "After all the campaign and hard work, we leave it up to the people. Ito na 'yung time nila para mag-decide kung sino talaga 'yung gusto nilang kandidato," Gomez told 24 Oras. Torres was proclaimed congresswoman of the fourth district of Leyte on May 11, reports PEP.ph.
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Cesar Montano and Sunshine Cruz in Bohol. Liberal Party Bohol governor candidate and action star Cesar Montano, who came with his wife, actress Sunshine Cruz, was dismayed with the "slow" voting process considering the "billions of pesos spent on the elections," he told GMA-7's Eleksyon 2010 in Filipino.
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Tito Sotto and Helen Gamboa in White Plains, Quezon City. Eat Bulaga host and Nationalist People's Coalition senatorial candidate Tito Sotto cast his vote with his wife, actress-singer Helen Gamboa, and children. "'Pag may bago, parang takot ka. Pero 'pag hindi natin sinubukan ito, hindi natin masusubukan forever. As I said, give modernization a chance," he told 24 Oras. Gamboa said the voting process was orderly and faster.



