PPCRV attracts youth volunteers to encode election returns

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PPCRV volunteers count votes in the partial unofficial tally in the Quadricentennial Pavillion, UST, May 11. Bongbong Marcos Jr. leads the polls.

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MANILA, Philippines — A parish-based poll watchdog has attracted thousands of youth volunteers to help out on the operations of its unofficial parallel count of Monday’s polls. 

 

The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) recently made rounds online as more of the country’s youth signed up to encode election returns (ERs), surprising even its organizers. 

 

“Before the elections, we were very low with the volunteer count in the sign-ups, it was only election night when everything blew up,” Director for Youth Affairs Jude Liao told Philstar.com on Thursday.

 

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