PPCRV clarifies role, says watchdog not meant to conduct random manual audit

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 — The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting clarified its role as poll watchdog Sunday evening in response o allegations it was acting as a rubber stamp for the Commission on Elections.

In a Facebook post, PPCRV chair and volunteer Myla Villanueva pointed out that PPCRV compares and contrasts pre-transmission paper election returns with ERs sent electronically to check for any discrepancies in the machines.

She was responding to a certain Freddy Olbés, who supposedly volunteered at the council as an encoder and compared the PPCRV's process to "examining the veracity of an original document by perusing its carbon copy." 

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