How to Enhance the Credibility of the 2016 Elections.

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How to Enhance the Credibility of the 2016 Elections

Since its inception 31 years ago, the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Election (NAMFREL), a world pioneer in citizens-led election monitoring, has never wavered in its mission to help ensure the integrity of our elections through unified and concerted efforts by its volunteers and supporters.

In The Past Two Elections NAMFREL was able to

Report “reverse vote-buying”

Discover discrepancies in the number of ballots

Discover that there was a programming error in the PCOS machines which resulted in the recall of the 76,400 CF Cards, which could have been mitigated if the Election Management Body had followed Namfrel’s recommendation of a pre-test in 2010

In The Past Two Elections NAMFREL was able to

Report the non-transmittal of the results of 9.8% of the precincts during the 2010 elections

Provide evidence through a parallel Random Manual Audit (RMA) in 2013 that the PCOS was only 98.86% accurate, as opposed to the 99.995% mandated by the law

Engage its chapters and partners in a nationwide voter’s and citizenship education program

In The Past Two Elections NAMFREL was able to

Prove that there was a non-transmittal of the results from 23% of the PCOS machines in the 2013 polls

Identify areas with inaccurate voters list

Monitor and report 1,182 machine failures during 2013 Election Day

Report a spike in the cases of vote buying, gather direct pieces of evidence, and monitor the persistence of threat and intimidation.

What are we worried about?

The system to be used in the 2016 elections

Crunch time in the preparations for the 2016 elections

Voter disenfranchisement

Voters’ rights and security during elections

The relationship between the Comelec and the CSOs

Proposed Solutions

Voter & Citizenshi

p Education

Biometrics Registration & Cleansing the Voters

List

Preventing Vote

Buying 

Monitoring the

Conduct of the

Elections 

Proposed Solutions

AES and Comelec

Procurement

Monitoring Observing and monitoring key

and critical processes & milestones

Exit Polls

Biometric voter registration and validation

voter’s and citizenship education

monitor compliance /adherence to standards and timelines in the electoral systems and processes

mobilize volunteers and partners nationwide

With less than a year before

the elections…

How do we achieve these?

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OBILIZE

RGANIZATIONS

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