PPCRV-KBP 2010 Voting Count Comes to a Close

The Press Conference began with PPCRV National Chairperson Ambassador Henrietta Tambunting De Villa thanking all of the volunteers as well as the companies who provided the organization with much needed supplies. The computers and the software used to encode and process the Election Returns were made available by CompVille and Cybersoft respectively, while food for the volunteers was taken care of by various food companies.

After the recognition of the various sponsors, Ambassador De Villa, together with the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas Chairman Jun Nicdao, explained to the media the process of comparing the manually encoded 4th copy Election Returns with the transmitted data from Comelec.

The 4th copy Election Returns, as explained by PPCRV Communications Director Ana De Villa-Singson, is the purest form of data because it is ‘Pre-Transmission’ data, meaning it is the data before it is transmitted to Comelec’s server. It is manually encoded by two teams separately, after which the Cybersoft software reviews the encodings and flags differences between the two. A team of Floor Managers inspects the flagged data and corrects accordingly. The final encoded data is then bashed against the transmitted data from the Comelec server in Pius.

As of May 18, 2010, out of 43, 035 Election Returns, there were a total of 29 discrepancies, equating to 29 pecincts nationwide. PPCRV categorized these discrepancies into four kinds:

TYPE	4th Copy ER of PPCRV	Transmitted Data in Comelec Server (PIUS)	Number of Incidences: To total ERs Encoded
1	Reflects votes cast	Transmitted zero votes	4 Precincts 0.01%
2	Reflects votes cast	Transmitted all votes cast with the exception of one candidate wherein transmitted vote is lower by 1 count	2 Precincts 0.005%
3	Reflects votes cast	Transmitted votes with numerical values less than 10	19 Precincts 0.05%
4	Reflect votes with numerical values less than 10	Transmitted votes cast	4 Precincts 0.01%

PPCRV has elevated these findings to the Comelec for proper action. While the main command center will be shut down, the organization will continue encoding the Election Returns until it is finished.