Namfrel in need of volunteers for 2022 polls

The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) is in need of volunteers for the May 2022 polls.

"We are looking for volunteers for the May 9 elections. The steps on how to volunteer is on our website," Namfrel Chairman Gus Lagman said in an online forum Sunday, Jan. 23.

"I hope they will volunteer... so we can safeguard the integrity of the polls," he added.

Lagman said they are looking to recruit at least 50,000 volunteers.

"Hopefully, we can reach 100,000 because there are over 100,000 clustered precincts," he said.

"We want to have a volunteer in every polling precinct. If not, each volunteer will have to be assigned for two precincts," Lagman added.

For the 2022 polls, Namfrel will again monitor the Random Manual Audit, or the manual comparison of votes from the machines and those manually counted inside the polling places included in the audit.

On Election Day, Namfrel Bantay ng Bayan observers will monitor the conduct of the elections in different voting centers around the country, focusing on the performance of the vote counting machines, transmission of election results, and other election day activities inside and around the voting centers, among others.

Comelec accredited Namfrel as its citizens’ arm in previous polls.