SORECO II member-consumers consisting of 4784 voters ,representing 6% of the 78,992 total number of voters elected their directors in Donsol, Pilar, Castilla, Sorsogon West, Sorsogon East, Bacon, Gubat, Barcelona and Prieto Diaz districts last January 13, 2018 thru electronic voting with the assistance of MSEAC chairmen, vice-chairmen and secretaries who served as decom chairmen, decom vice chairmen and third members for each corresponding district.
Out of 16 aspirants, 13 were qualified to run in the regular district election. Lone candidates in certain districts who presently occupy seats are: Myrna M. Triñanes, Donsol; Demosthenes Reverente, Pilar; Thomas Diesta, Sorsogon West; Aurelio D. Destacamento, Bacon; Celestial N. Torella, Barcelona; Peter B. Jumamil, Jr.; Sorsogon East and Dominador Escoto, Gubat. Meanwhile, winning candidates are Eduardo Lleva in Castilla district and Maria D. Surbano in Prieto Diaz district. They immediately took oath 15th of January 2018.
Before the casting of votes, thirty routers and gadgets were deployed in the voting centers and precincts of the whole franchise area. SORECO II made history when it was the first coop in the entire bicol region to implement a fully electronic end to end voting system which SORECO II GM Atty. Percival G. Alvarez had initiated while it was implemented by MSDM Ramoncito J. Carranza and programmed by Mark Ando with the aid of the coop’s own IT personnel namely Antonio D. Sale, Jr., Dante L. Encinas and Lito B. Ladimo. #mpd
