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A. Method of voting
No. The voter must vote in person and must personally deposit his ballot.
Yes. Absentee voting shall apply to the elections for President, Vice-President
and Senators only.
B. Voting Hours
The casting of votes shall start at 7 o’clock in the morning and end at 3 o’clock in
the afternoon, except when there are voters present within 30 meters in front of
the polling place who have not yet cast their votes, in which case the voting shall
continue but only to allow said voters to cast their votes without interruption.
The poll clerk shall prepare a list of the names of the voters and the voters so
listed shall be called to vote by announcing each name repeatedly three times in
the order in which they are listed. Any voter in the list who is not present when
his name is called out shall not be permitted to vote.
He shall forth-with proceed to one of the empty voting booths and shall there fill
his ballot by writing in the proper space for each office the name of the individual
candidate whom he desires to vote.
To prepare the ballot outside the voting booth or to exhibit its contents to any
person, or to erase any printing from the ballot or to intentionally tear or deface
the same or put thereon any distinguishing mark.
To use carbon paper, paraffin paper or other means for making a copy of the
contents of the ballot or to make use of any other means to identify the vote of
the voter.
The spoiled ballot shall, without being unfolded and without removing the
detachable coupon, be distinctly marked with the word “spoiled” and signed by
the board of election inspectors or the indorsement fold thereof and immediately
placed in the compartment for spoiled ballot.
E. Voters in cities
What are the restrictions for registered voters of a highly urbanized city?
They shall not vote for provincial officials of the province in which it is located. No
component city shall be declared or classified as highly urbanized city within 60
days prior to a local election
F. Voting
MAY 2010 AUTOMATED ELECTIONS: Voters inserted the ballot to the Precint Court
Optical Scan (PCOS) machines, waiting until the ballot was dropped. The machine
would confirm that the ballot has been accepted.
Shall the voter be required to present his voter’s affidavit on election day?
No, unless his identity is challenged. However, his failure or inability to produce
his voter’s affidavit upon being challenged, shall not preclude him from voting if
his identity be shown from the photograph, fingerprints or specimen signatures in
his approved application in the book of voters or if he is identified under oath by a
member of the board of election inspectors and such identification shall be
reflected in the minutes of the board.
What are the records or statements that shall be prepared and kept?
The records of challenge and voters and oaths taken in connection therewith and
the resolution of the board of election inspectors.
The minutes of voting and counting of votes in four copies, prepared and signed
by the board of election inspectors to be distributed as follows:
o Original copy to the city or municipal election registrar
o Deposited inside the compartment for valid ballots of the ballot box
o Two copies to the representatives of the accredited political parties
The list of unused ballots with serial numbers
o The list shall be signed by all the members of the board of election
inspectors, after which the unused ballots shall be torn halfway in the
presence of the members of the board of election inspectors.