Word: ballots
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Shots were fired at American photographers who said they were taking pictures of masked men stuffing ballot boxes in Concepcion, Benigno Aquino's hometown...
Even before the polls opened at 7 a.m., both sides reported fraud and harassment. There were stories of men brandishing rifles and firing in the air to scare waiting voters, stolen ballot boxes, and votes being bought for as little...
Reporting one of the worst incidents, the official Philippine News Agency said communist rebels ambushed an army tank escorting election officials carrying ballot boxes on a road in northern Mindanao, 500 miles south of Manila. The agency report said four attackers were killed and several wounded when the tank returned fire. There were no other casualties, the report said...
...Albay province, a pollwatcher reported from Luzon that voting in four towns abruptly stopped after one hour when unidentified men seized seven ballot boxes...
Marcos, 68, flew by helicopter to his hometownof Batac, 250 miles north of the capital, to casthis ballot. He said a final survey showed he wouldwin with 63 percent of the vote...