1/7Election posters for the midterm elections hang along a street as residents walk to a polling precinct in Taguig, Metro Manila, May 13, 2013.
More than 50 million Filipinos will cast their votes for a new set of lawmakers and local officials on May 13, 2013. Half of the Senate's 24 seats and more than 230 House of Representatives seats are being contested.
2/7A supporter greets former Philippine President Joseph Estrada after Estrada cast his vote inside a precinct poll at a school in Manila May 13, 2013.
More than 50 million Filipinos will cast their votes for a new set of lawmakers and local officials on May 13, 2013. Half of the Senate's 24 seats and more than 230 House of Representatives seats are being contested.
3/7A member of a tribal "Igorot" family casts his vote through a voting machine during midterm elections in Baguio city, northern Philippines, May 13, 2013.
More than 50 million Filipinos will cast their votes for a new set of lawmakers and local officials on May 13, 2013. Half of the Senate's 24 seats and more than 230 House of Representatives seats are being contested.
4/7A mother with her daughter fills in a ballot form together with other voters inside a precinct poll at a school in Manila, May 13, 2013.
More than 50 million Filipinos will cast their votes for a new set of lawmakers and local officials on May 13, 2013. Half of the Senate's 24 seats and more than 230 House of Representatives seats are being contested.
5/7Residents wait outside a voting center to cast their votes for the midterm elections in Taguig, Metro Manila, May 13, 2013.
More than 50 million Filipinos will cast their votes for a new set of lawmakers and local officials on May 13, 2013. Half of the Senate's 24 seats and more than 230 House of Representatives seats are being contested.
6/7Former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos (C), wife of former President Ferdinand Marcos, fills out her ballot together with her children Senator Ferdinand Jr. "Bongbong" Marcos (R) and Irene Marcos Araneta during the Philippines' midterm elections.
More than 50 million Filipinos will cast their votes for a new set of lawmakers and local officials on May 13, 2013. Half of the Senate's 24 seats and more than 230 House of Representatives seats are being contested.
7/7Residents ride a tricycle past soldiers on a patrol ahead of the midterm elections, in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao in southern Philippines, May 12, 2013.
More than 50 million Filipinos will cast their votes for a new set of lawmakers and local officials on May 13, 2013. Half of the Senate's 24 seats and more than 230 House of Representatives seats are being contested.
