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Volunteers of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) begin encoding election returns at the PPCRV Command Center at the PLDT building in Sampaloc, Manila, on May 13, 2025.  Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174729386937720250513-halalan-ppcrv-JC1714.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Volunteers of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) begin encoding election returns at the PPCRV Command Center at the PLDT building in Sampaloc, Manila, on May 13, 2025.  Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News </span></span></span></div><div><br id="isPasted"/></div><p>MANLA — The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) on Thursday raised concern over supposed discrepancies in the information on the Commission on Elections website, particularly for Zamboanga City and Dumaguete City.</p><p>PPCRV spokesperson Ana De Villa-Singson said their coordinators reported the discrepancy between the number of registered voters, the number of voters who actually voted, and the number of ballots cast.</p><p>For example, Singson said that the Comelec website on May 12 showed that in one area, there were 992 registered voters and 768 of them voted. But the number of ballots cast was 919.</p><p>“If 768 actually voted, how come there are 919 ballots cast?&quot; Singson asked.</p><p>She said the PPCRV has related its concern to the Comelec, which said that information was &quot;mislabeled&quot; and has been corrected.</p><p>But the PPCRV official urged the poll body to provide more explanation.</p><p>&quot;We hope we are given a more in-depth explanation rather than just ‘mislabeled.’ We understand mislabeling can happen, but what was that data that was originally there? Because that&#x27;s data in the system. That will perhaps help us understand a little bit better,&quot; Singson said.</p><p>&quot;We just want to understand a bit more about that mislabeling piece and we&#x27;re doing this so there can be no cloud of doubt on our election. Sayang naman eh, we worked so hard to make sure that everything is explained. So mislabeled, yes. And then it was re-labeled again,&quot; she said.</p><p>But she warned the media against calling the incident “dagdag-bawas” for now.</p><div><a href="http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/news/nation/2025/5/13/comelec-debunks-dagdag-bawas-on-election-result-1310">Comelec debunks ‘dagdag-bawas’ on election result</a></div><p>&quot;Let&#x27;s just be very measured and very careful at this. No, we cannot call anything dagdag-bawas as of now and please, that&#x27;s what I&#x27;m very careful about,” Singson said.</p><p>“We cannot claim dagdag-bawas at any point until the audits are done. So let&#x27;s make our audits work,&quot; she said referring to PPCRV&#x27;s parallel count and the ongoing random manual audit. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/15/20-killed-in-election-related-incidents-pnp-1500">20 killed in election-related incidents: PNP</a></div><div><strong><em>ABS-CBN&#x27;s online portal of partial, unofficial results of the 2025 national and local elections can be viewed </em></strong><em><a href="https://halalanresults.abs-cbn.com/"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>.<br/></strong></em></div><div><strong>Filipinos worldwide can stay updated on other election-related news via the</strong><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/halalan-2025"><strong> “Halalan” page on ABS-CBN.com.</strong></a></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><iframe width="1250" height="703" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VU56E0J_h0Q" title="COMELEC: Walang dagdag-bawas na nangyayari sa #Halalan2025 | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) on Thursday raised concern over supposed discrepancies in the information on the Commission on Elections website, particularly for Zamboanga City and Dumaguete City.</p>

The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) on Thursday raised concern over supposed discrepancies in the information on the Commission on Elections website, particularly for Zamboanga City and Dumaguete City.

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PPCRV seeks ‘in-depth explanation’ on ‘mislabeled’ Comelec website data

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