Volunteers
WE ARE PPCRV!
PPCRV, the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting, is a parish-based volunteer group numbering in the hundreds of thousands, working hand-in-hand with the clergy for CHAMP (Clean -HonestAccurate-Meaningful-Peaceful) Elections. When you go to your polling center and vote for the first time, we are one of the first people you will see in the Voters Assistance Desk. We are the first line of assistance, ready to assist voters find their precinct, ready to teach and help whenever and wherever needed. We are PPCRV.
When you enter your precinct, you will find us there too. As the Comelec-accredited Citizen’s Arm, you will see us as the volunteer authorized to stand closest to the election officers, vigilantly ensuring that all election rules and procedures are followed precisely. We have been sentinels of the polls for 33 years. We are PPCRV.
Before Election Day, we are already monitoring and safeguarding election preparations. When election procedures and choices are being determined, PPCRV is there. When ballot boxes and Automated Counting Machines (ACM) are packed, PPCRV volunteers accompany the election paraphernalia to their point of destination, traversing many miles, sometimes through open seas or difficult mountain passes.
Very early on Election Day, we observe the the opening of testing of the ACM. Always watching, always vigilant. Always without fear and favor. We are PPCRV. When the polls close, we are there too. We guard the closing procedures of each precinct, each ACM. And since our elections became automated in 2010, we have been undertaking the Unofficial Parallel Count. In this count, we collect physical copies of pre-transmission election returns from ACMs throughout the country. These are brought to the PPCRV Command Center, formerly in Pope Pius XII Center, from where the country’s first electronic transmission results were first broadcast to the world. In the PPCRV Command Center, these election returns are encoded then compared with the corresponding transmitted return to check for consistency.
Special Witnesses of Truth Pollwatcher (SWOT)
Precint Pollwatcher (PPW)
Power Prayer Group Poll Watcher (PPG)
Accountable Materials Verifiable Audit Trail Team Pollwatcher (AMVATT)
Technical Assistance Group Pollwatcher (TAG)
Post-Election Patrol Watcher (PEP)
SUPPORT SERVICES:
- Legal Team
- Food Team
- Logistics Team
- Media Liaison Work Team
- Secretariat Team
- Transportation and Communications Team
- Voters’ Education Team
- Ways and Means Team
Qualifications of Pollwatchers
- Is a registered voter of the city/municipality where he or she is assigned
- Is of good moral character
- Has not been convicted by final judgment of any election offense or of any other crime
- Knows how to read and write Filipino, English or the prevailing local dialect
- Is not related within the 4th civil degree of consanguinity or affinity to the chairperson, or any other member of the Electoral Board (EB).
WATCHERS shall have the right to:
- Stay in the space reserved for them inside the polling place
- Witness and inform themselves of the proceedings of the EB
- Take note of what they may see or hear
- Take photographs of the proceedings during the testing and sealing of the VCM, and voting, counting and transmission of election results, as well as of the printed ERs and the ballot box, provided the secrecy of the ballot shall be maintained at all times. Taking of pictures shall not be allowed during casting of votes.
- File a protest against any irregularity or violation of law which they believe may have been committed by the EB or by any other person present
- Obtain from the EB a certificate as to the filing of such protest and/or resolution thereof
- Position themselves behind the chairman of the EB in such a way that they can read the ERs while the Chairperson is announcing the precinct results
