PPCRV – Parish Pastoral Council for responsible Voting is a national parish-based non-partisan, non-

sectarian non-profit organization affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines that works
to ensure a C.H.A.M.P. elections in the Philippines.

History – PPCRV was born in response to the call of the Roman Catholic Second Plenary Council of the
Philippines (PCP II), held in February 1991 called for reforms in the conduct of elections in the
Philippines. Founded by Jaime Cardinal Sin, D.D., Archbishop of Manila, COMELEC Commissioner Haydee
Yorac, then Laity President Henrietta T. de Villa, Most. Rev. Gabriel Reyes, D.D., Rev. Msgr. Bayani
Valenzuela, and thirty parish lay leaders conceived the idea of the PPRV in May 1991. In October 1991,
the PPCRV launched at St. Paul University, Quezon City.

PPCRV activity includes promoting for electoral reforms, conducting parallel manual auditing in
automated elections, coordinating parishes to conduct poll-watching, providing legal assistance related
to elections, reporting of electoral violations, providing voters’ assistance services, and voters’
education.

PPCRV MISSION – is to advocates a proactive involvement for Clean, Honest, Accurate, Meaningful, and
Peaceful elections.

Driven and working and advocating towards a Clean, Honest, Accurate, Meaningful, and Peaceful
elections.

Clean – free from moral corruption

Honest – free from deceit and untruthfulness

Accurate – precise, exact, and correct in all details

Meaningful – making every vote counts

Peaceful – Calm and Harmonious

Why should we vote?

Under the Philippine constitution article V: Suffrage – guarantees Filipino citizen the right to vote and to
be a candidate for public office, with certain limitations

Why vote?

We are not only electing individual candidates but we are also justifying the existence of our country’s
political system. As a voter we must recognize that our political system is based upon the capacity of the
majority to sustain it

Who should we vote for?

It is time to recognize that our choice must not be tied solely to an analysis of individual party platforms
but to civic virtues that we believe must underlie and determine the behavior of all citizens in relation to
our society
Once every 3 years but exchange of it is the next 3 years of your life. Remember the one you vote there
are the one who will make the policies that can affect the whole country, their the one who can give job
to your siblings after graduating to college, their the one who will give you permits if you want to have a
business, their the one who can give you a legitimate job, these are the people who you elect, their the
one who will appoint person in the bureaucracy

HOW TO VOTE

Identify yourself

Look for your name on the voters’ list posted by your polling precinct. This is where you will
verify that you’re a registered voter in an area designated by the Comelec, and what room in the
precinct you will go to vote.

Certain areas will also make use of the Comelec’s new voter registration verification machine
(VRVM), which uses live fingerprint scanning technology to verify a voter’s identity and
whether or not he or she is registered in a certain precinct.

2 - Get your ballot

Once this is done, approach the board of elections inspectors (BEI) chairperson to get your
ballot, ballot secrecy folder, and marking pen. There is no need to bring your own pen as the
Comelec’s marking pens are designed for its ballots and VCMs.

If you’re in an area using the Comelec’s fingerprint scanning machine, the BEI chairperson will
issue you these materials after the machine issues you a verification receipt.

4 – Fill out your ballot

After filling out your ballot, keep it inside the ballot secrecy folder. Bring this to the VCM and
insert it into the machine.

Do not leave right away. Wait for the machine to process your ballot. Once this is done, a poll
clerk will mark your finger with indelible ink and will give you your voting receipt to review.

Check your voting receipt to see if it correctly reflects who you voted for.

If the receipt does not match who you voted for, bring it to the BEI to register your complaint.
This will then be put on record.
If the receipt matches who you voted for, drop it in the voting receipt box once done. Voters are
not allowed to leave precincts with their voting receipt. The Comelec says this is to protect the
secrecy of the ballot and deter vote buying.

PCOS (Precint Count Optical Scanner