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ELECTION MONITORING

A GUIDE TO THE 2016 ELECTION


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IS A BROAD CAMPAIGN OFVARIOUS ORGANISATIONS

AND INDIVIDUALS;RELIGIOUS, ARTISTS,CONCERNED CITIZENS,ACTIVISTS, YOUTH AND

STUDENTS, LAWYERS, ITEXPERTS, TEACHERS,GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEESAND ORDINARY FILIPINOS

WHO ARE COMMITTEDAGAINST ELECTION FRAUD AND THE FAILURE OFELECTIONS


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! grassroots voter education

initiative

! election monitoring

www.cp-union.com | @CP_Union | facebook.com/CPUnion


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WE-WATCH * BLOGWATCH * TASK FOR POLLWATCH

* taken from What’s the Fuzz About Elections, St. Paul University Presentation by Prof Francis Isaac

TOGETHER WITH


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ELECTION 2016


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Municipal/CityBoard of

Canvassers

Provincial Boardof Canvassers

National Board ofCanvassers

Congress COMELEC

Precinct

Election Returns

Mun./City COC and SOVP

Prov. COC and SOVP

Physicaltransport

Physicaltransport

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+$),$)

Source: COMELEC


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OUR MONITORING



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2016 AUTOMATED ELECTION SYSTEM

MONITORING TOOLS

! SMSSync / Frontline SMS

! Ushahidi Platform

! Drupal CMS

! PHP/Python

! GNU/Linux


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SMART: 0947-5062587

GLOBE: 0995-3356583


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OUR WORKFLOW



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Volunteer Operation Center


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WHAT TO MONITOR?



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FINAL TESTING AND SEALING (MAY 2-6)

! Report results of VCM diagnostics

! BEI procedures

! Irregularity on the initialization report

! Missing/lack of any election paraphernalia

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Rejected Ballots (counts and incidents)! Votes not printed on the receipt

! Discrepancy on the automated and manual count


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ELECTION DAY (MAY 9, 2016)

! Traditional Fraud

! Irregularity on the initialization report

! BEI procedures

! Missing/lack of any election paraphernalia

! Rejected Ballots (counts and incidents)


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ELECTION DAY (MAY 9, 2016)

! Votes not printed on the receipt

! VCM errors

! Transmission errors

! Failure of election


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OUR EXPERIENCE



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~ 5,000 raw smsreports


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as of May 16, 6PM


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are widespread

nationwide (46% ofincident reports)

as of May 16, 6PM


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problems indelivery of electionparaphernalia


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wrong ballots

delivered causedfailure of elections


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30.89% incompletetransmissions


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state forcespresence in polling

centers


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Delay in the National Canvassing


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GLOBE: 0995-3356583


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