| HOW
CHEATING IS DONE |
WHAT
YOU CAN DO |
| • Fraud
during transit from polling place to election registrar |
| 1. Theft
or destruction of election returns during transit from polling
place to the office of election registrar in places where a
candidate lost |
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| 2. Substitution
of election returns thru coercion or bribery |
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| • Fraud
during the canvassing |
| 1. Substitution
of the election returns copy for the provincial or city board
of canvassers |
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| 2. Misreading
the contents of the election return |
Make
sure that the BOC Chairman must position himself/herself in
such a way that all watchers are able to read the votes on
the election return. Call the attention of the BOC when the
votes written on the election return are not read or when
votes other than what is written are read. |
| 3. Deliberate
misrecording in the tally sheet as the returns are read |
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| 4. Miscopying
the votes reflected in the tally sheet to the Certificate of
Canvass |
Make
sure that the BOC position himself/herself in such a way that
all watchers are able to see the tallying of votes in the
statement of votes. Call the attention of the BOC when omissions,
substitutions and additions in the recording of votes on the
tally board and the statement of votes occur. When all the
votes are counted, check the addition of votes. In the certificate
of canvass, the grand totals for each candidate must be written
in figures, which must match each other. Make sure that the
information in the certificate of canvass are correct. |
| 5. Substitution
of the votes credited to a candidate in the certificate of canvass
with the votes of another candidate |
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| 6. Deliberate
distortion of entries in the certificate of canvass by creating
a variance on the words and figures entered thereat |
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| 7. Deliberate
attempt to make the entries in the certificate of canvass illegible |
Make
sure that the BEI write legibly and with enough force so that
the votes can be recorded in the 4th copy of the certificate
of canvass |
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8. Distorting the collation and addition of votes obtained
thereby increasing or decreasing the total votes obtained
by a candidate |
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9. In the communication to be furnished the commission, during
the adjournments of the board of canvassers, deliberate transposition,
omissions or additions in the reflected total votes cast for
each candidate may be committed by the person responsible
for such transmittal or the same may be tampered with the
connivance of the employees of the medium used in the course
of such transmittal or providing the media with such false
or misleading totals during such adjournments |
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10. During the last hours of the voting and its extension,
counting, and the canvassing, parties seeking to commit fraud
may deliberately cause confusion in the polling precinct.
The crowd may then become over-anxious, unruly, or disorderly. |
You
could help the BEI by bringing some emergency materials such
as flashlights or candles. In case of a threat of an attack
on any area or person, form a human barricade with all the
other volunteers and voters in the precinct. |
