'Put out all the data': Watchdog calls for more transparency in midterm polls

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">&quot;Transparency to provide confidence.&quot; Namfrel secretary general Eric Alvia on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeyondPolitcs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BeyondPolitcs</a> emphasizes the importance of an open data project for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halalan2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Halalan2019</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ANCRecap?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ANCRecap</a> <a href="https://t.co/MgvQROoU9v">pic.twitter.com/MgvQROoU9v</a></p>— ABS-CBN News Channel (@ANCALERTS) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANCALERTS/status/1120689181213093888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>MANILA - An election watchdog has called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to provide open election data for the 2019 midterm polls.</p><p>National Citizens&#x27; Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) secretary-general Eric Alvia said releasing election data for public consumption would allay fears of poll manipulation and would build confidence on the integrity of the election process.</p><p>&quot;If you want to probably improve the process, or even assuage people of their fears that there&#x27;s no wrongdoing going on, then you have to put out all the data. Even the transmission logs -- you&#x27;ve seen a lot of people coming out accusing, or even belittling the results, because some would say transmission has been going on prior to election day,&quot; he told ANC&#x27;s &quot;Beyond Politics.&quot;</p><p>&quot;That&#x27;s precisely what we&#x27;re telling Comelec. If you put it out, you can easily defend yourself.&quot;</p><p>Some 18,000 positions are up for grabs in the May 13, 2019 elections.</p>

<p>MANILA - An election watchdog has called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to provide open election data for the 2019 midterm polls.</p>

MANILA - An election watchdog has called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to provide open election data for the 2019 midterm polls.

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'Put out all the data': Watchdog calls for more transparency in midterm polls

'Put out all the data': Watchdog calls for more transparency in midterm polls

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Published Apr 24, 2019 01:03 AM PHT

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