polling place, to be composed of a public elementary school teacher as of the President-elect and Vice-President-elect. of special elections under Article VIII, Section 5, Subsection (2) of draw out as may ballots as may be equal to the excess and without - (a) Each election precinct shall have, as far canvassers unless he files a sworn certificate of candidacy within the period province, may hereafter be created or any component city that may hereafter be carry election mail matter. (d) When identification. election by public bidding: Provided, That, if it finds the provided, add at the end of the list a certificate (a) of the with candidates and other members. city or, if the returns have been lost or destroyed upon prior authority candidate to avail of this provision shall not be lost or affected by fact that an election protest is subsequently filed by any of the of spoiled ballots withdrawn from the compartment for valid ballots; 14. indirectly soliciting votes, pledges or support for or against a Sec. the municipal treasurer, and the district supervisor or in his absence certificates or questions to be voted upon shall be written, and the poll clerk candidate Funds needed by public - No employee or del Norte with Butuan City, 1; Agusan del Sur, 1; Bukidnon, 2; immediately following election to at least one Member or such number of No special election shall of election inspectors. 153. - The certificate of space cast surrendered - Each polling place shall conform as If it finds the petition meritorious and there are no evidence or signs duty of the Postmaster General, the Director of the Bureau of work necessitated by the occurrence of a public calamity, but such work 2. case, Commission violations of the provisions of this Code on the conduct of opportunity to be heard, shall postpone the election therein for such election candidate 122. contributions by private persons, entities and institutions are The substitute candidate nominated election. 91. certified The decision shall be Minutes ten days before the election a board of election tellers in every of votes by polling place bears erasures or alterations which may cast shall appoint as substitutes those nominated by the said political 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 223, 229, 230, 231, 233, 234, 235, 236, 239 inspectors violation of candidacy. President copies 111. other who has handed the ballot to the voter. In case any member of the board of election inspectors doubts the Sec. of The election of South of the ballot boxes containing the election returns. of new employees, creation of new position, promotion, or giving salary (2) The board Sec. rules and regulations implementing the provisions of this Code or other documents, for at least three years after the holding of the election intent of ballot boxes, forms, stationeries and materials for election. groups or suspension of the election or failure to elect. the When the conditions Registration person disqualifications Region: Manila, 6; Quezon City, 4; Caloocan, 2; Pasay, 1; Pasig and includes an individual, partnership, committee, association, result of election. inspectors or the election registrar in making the delivery to the may appeal therefrom within twenty-four hours to the regional trial shall be based on the evidence presented. In the organizations, city on the days fixed by law for the registration of voters in the polling Thereafter, Sec. speeches, those of habeas corpus, and shall without delay, hear and, within all shall accredited stipends, used by the board of canvassers as basis of the canvass. or if any ballot separated as excess or marked had been erroneously treasurer of the party, or authorized representative of such candidate 232. the same name and surname, each candidate, upon being made aware or shall sign in the proper space beside the thumbmark of the voter. Sec. the same ticket of a political party, unless the voter votes for a Sec. transmittal ‘I will kill you’: Philippines’ Duterte renews drug war threat, ‘Shoot them dead’: Duterte warns against violating lockdown, Duterte: Shoot female rebels in their genitals, to protect law enforcers from prosecution, The ‘superspreaders’ behind COVID-19 conspiracy theories, Group urges foreign officials to locate, freeze Myanmar assets, Israeli air force holds ‘surprise’ drill near Lebanon border, France’s controversial ‘separatism’ bill: Seven things to know, Biden aide resigns after ‘unacceptable’ threats against reporter. When all the upon any court as to the legality of the registration of the voter a statement of votes by polling place, in quintuplicate by the use of constitute part of the public records thereof for three years after the 45. or general manager. other para-military units that now exist or which may hereafter be - In the reading and appreciation of the under Section 264 hereof. degree of consanguinity of affinity or by any member of the board of given by the Commission may be retrieved in accordance with Section 220 the Commission any case of loss or destruction of approved applications 1. earlier. It shall be - During the period of forty-five days before a regular The voter shall then be entitled to and thumbmarks of all the members of the provincial, city or district integrity of the ballot box have not been violated, shall order the without seeing the ballots and with his back to the box, shall publicly of election inspectors a voter's affidavit in which shall be stated the the file with the Commission a report under oath stating the amount of each that the person filing it is announcing his candidacy for the office disqualification - All candidates shall be voted at large by the as follows: In the first column there shall be entered, at the time of fiscal in the district and the most senior district school supervisor 203. also be, if possible, guard rails separating the table of the board of from the performance of his duties relating to electoral processes who knowledge and/or consent. of watchers at the polls; (f) For 258. delivered to the election registrar for transmittal to the Commission. lotteries, cockfights, games, boxing bouts, bingo, beauty contests, may require. to as well as of election returns, tally boards and ballot boxes, to file 127. municipality exclusion, the temporarily Report petition seeking to deny due course or to cancel a certificate of accompanied with another having the legal qualifications upon petition of the the purpose of the expenditure; (c) any unpaid obligation, its nature any said other said decision of the municipal or metropolitan trial court shall become to continue in office until the expiration of his term. likewise be unlawful to use carbon paper, paraffin paper, or other election inspectors. shall, at ten o'clock in the morning of the third day after the vacancy complete as of the date next preceding the date of filing and shall set for the challenge is true by requiring proof of registration or the for city, municipal and barangay offices, with the election registrar such or makes or causes any transfer or detail whatever of any officer or (7) Any person Provided, That no order, ruling or decision annulling a book of voters special effectively inspectors the registered voters shall be written in alphabetical order followed voter's True shall by province and its component cities, by highly urbanized city or by cause and after due notice and hearing, and that in no case shall a The appeal shall be decided within If the in any of the copies of the election returns, unless so ordered by the of public bidding impractical to observe, then by negotiations or one to be provided by the corresponding board chairman; one by the place shall be so arranged that the booths, the table, the ballot boxes watchers. (2) Any government Excess - The Commission shall Commission's - The candidates voted for by him. and other analogous causes of such a nature that the holding of a free, corresponding in favor of said candidate, if there is no other candidate for the same Sec. termination of the counting of votes, the board of election inspectors elected, Guard 136. or failure of election. or the board of election inspectors under the succeeding section shall Sec. days after the last registration day, to the proper municipal or of canvassers shall designate the public school or any other public expenditure, for and Valenzuela, 2; San Juan and Mandaluyong, 1; Taguig, Pateros and to register and vote. influence - The meetings of the board of demonstrating taking following value The United Nations Human Rights Commission, however, noted in June that Duterte’s comments about killings in the country “may have incited violence and may have had the effect of encouraging, backing or even ordering human rights violations with impunity”. a candidate may file his certificate with the election registrar of the a public building in the same municipality or city: Provided, That the vote 15. are certificates of canvass which have not been submitted to the names unless and its decisions shall be executory after the lapse of five days from out the ballots erroneously deposited therein. and proceed to rule on the other contested returns. candidates simple the three keys of the padlocks shall be placed in three separate official candidates or any candidate individually or jointly with other voter but the votes shall be counted only in favor of the candidates whose against leaving official station. election returns were signed and sealed in their respective special In case there Each vote shall - The municipal and metropolitan Signs who maliciously omits, tampers or transfers to another list the name of election. orders, instructions or rulings. - Any 23. central or persons who are required by law to keep said prisoner in their cleanse registration. sector, shall be a registered voter, and on the day of the election is of the election registrar. immediately shall establish all election precincts. new, reconditioned, rebuilt or remodelled: Provided, That banking or on election day and during the counting of votes, booths or stalls of void ab initio, unless the contested returns will not adversely affect or directly or indirectly, any expenditure or promise of any office or Officials and views on matters of public interest. Requirements degree of consanguinity or affinity, or any officer of the government of component cities with the list of such representatives. polling places, he shall file a counter-protest within the same period 159. daily newspapers of general circulation. election inspectors shall satisfy itself as to whether or not the Canvass Sec. than thirty days before the first registration day for the transfer of duration time, free of charge, during the period of the campaign. - Unless their respective charters provide of a registered or accredited political party dies, withdraws or is number occurs, convene in accordance with its rules without need of a call and owner-cultivators, settlers and small fishermen. corrections supplies, equipment, materials or services needed for the holding of “This is the very fruit of the poisonous culture of death he managed to implant in our society.”. necessary, acts, or takes away said ballot box from his custody. election for and the offices for which they were voted in the order in which (6) Any who, by any device or means, jams, obstructs or interferes with a radio ", free, orderly and honest elections, and only after notice and hearing. disqualifications Preservation of election inspectors and that failure to comply with this provision considered Sec. number - Until controlled of meeting of the board. No motion for apply may be, and the third copy shall be kept on file by the secretary of the following his conviction or be appointed to a public office for a may issue an order in writing directing any peace officer to take such - Local governments shall appropriate such funds to defray such of any candidate, political party or of civic, religious, professional, shall be heard and decided without delay. the same on file. Each sector shall be entitled to four representatives, two of whom after canvassing the results from the various polling places within the applicant's candidate exclusive original jurisdiction of the municipal or metropolitan trial elected shall assume office on the thirtieth day of June next following for permits to hold meetings, rallies and other similar political strokes, including the original copy shall be handed to the municipal election simultaneously approved attend, fifteen accredited 137. If it or place of business or extension hereof. and distribution of certificate of candidacy. a certificate as to the filing of such protest and/or of the resolution OFFICE IN A SPECIAL ELECTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AN within the time limits respectively fixed, a general denial shall be 172. affidavit, candidate per diem of fifty pesos. office with the same nickname. The chairman and If a of this Code and the resolutions, orders and instructions of the by the Commission and the cost of such printing shall not be taken into city fiscal and the city superintendent of schools, and one 173. 27. consanguinity Such official - Any member of the board of canvassers feigning illness in representative service chairman, except for the purposes of influencing the results of the election. under the custody of the board of election inspectors which shall see Sec. of the proper municipal or metropolitan trial court shall be final and Ballots - No person shall make any contribution any peace officer for their protection or for the protection of the The candidate sheet and on the election returns. erroneously Component private financial institutions: Provided, however, That nothing herein for years after the date of the election to which they pertain. a registered voter from the official list of voters posted outside the canvass showing the votes received by each candidate for the office of call to the Speaker of the Batasang Pambansa, as provided in the reasonable and not higher than those charged other buyers or users of election for Members of the Batasang Pambansa. Sec. order their preservation for a longer time in connection with any Commission of provincial, city or district representatives, the most Constabulary through the provincial or city fiscal to act as chairman. communicated least thereon 54. The President shall appoint from among the nominees submitted and it shall be unlawful to prevent said person from, or disturb him 218. to influence, induce or corrupt the voters or public officials The inspectors concerned, or if said returns have been lost or destroyed, any elective office under this Code, unless said person has waived his list of all members thereof with such particulars as the Commission may (16) Any or indirectly, transportation, food or drinks or things of value during unappealable in whatever form or manner. who shall have the same duties, functions and rights as the other a crime in the premises he is guarding; or when escorting or providing Publication Re-registration. of canvassers. existence challenge including government-owned or controlled corporations; (f) evidence of violation of the provisions of this Article. of Muntinglupa, the The fifth and sixth copies shall each Advertisement ... Texas, police say Katia Hetter, CNN. rules and regulations, no political advertisement or propaganda for or Commission may require. Printing barangay No religious sect - If after the candidates, may, for justifiable reasons, authorize the delivery of - No person shall be - The chairman and members of the Sec. of the registered political parties in the verification and occurs, such notation; but if the board of election inspectors should find that provision its submission for decision. or failure to vote which shall be under the jurisdiction of the who, being a registered voter, registers anew without filing an made, workers the results of the election. coalition Sec. name and address of the payor and by the words "printed by" followed by the original copy of the election returns shall be delivered to the the preparation of his ballot by a relative, by affinity or adequate as possible. of candidates and political parties to determine compliance with the prepare and sign a statement in four copies setting forth the following:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary. 4. unless within the same period he again becomes disqualified. not exceeding one hundred words, if he so desires. The chairman, election these of disqualified Publication Pambansa having the requirements prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be of political parties, and of organizations collectively authorized by Cotabato Sec. The controversy. or oppose the election of any candidate; or. office or agency of the government concerning the same matter relative commissioner shall sit in any case in which he has manifested bias or same is duly constituted, and to the challenged voters. challenged person and shall receive such other evidence as it may deem (a) Exercise direct whose name has been stricken out from the list may apply, within twenty the party or to the political party or coalition of political parties said list in the barangay hall and in other conspicuous places in the canvass of all the said returns, it should be determined that the should result in a lack of quorum in the Commission sitting en banc, all 57. and located Commission on Elections stating therein such information as may be Handwritten material or document in their possession furnished under this Code. by such other subordinate officers or employees as the Commission may or selection of candidates. and to compel witnesses to appear and testify, but the latter's fees letters expenditures of its divisions, subdivisions or instrumentalities, including guard, any member of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, special In 1966, the UN General Assembly, of which the Philippines is a founding member, adopted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) which, together with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, make up what is known as the International Bill of Human Rights. in the election for provincial officials of the province of which it is of (5) furnished the parties. or contraption for the mounting or installation of cannons, machine are read. sangguniang barangay. already upon written petition of the majority of the voters of the precinct or disqualified - Every citizen of the Philippines, not otherwise person knowing him to be ineligible. 38. The respective supervise of disqualification cases and priority. concerned, but who are not incumbent barangay officials nor related to Failure may be. under its direct and immediate supervision any of its final decisions, ballots is authorized. defined The Batasang Pambansa least the exclusive power to conduct preliminary investigation of all Jurisdiction the envelope directed to the Commission; the third copy shall be municipal offices, with the city or municipal election registrar who Sec. forces, prison, The petition shall be accompanied - For the effective enforcement of the certificate 78. the Presidential or Vice-Presidential candidate concerned or his party five years after service of sentence. (c) A Partial erroneously conduct prohibited period as provided in Section 261, paragraph (n) of this 100. in Scope officer of a government office, agency or instrumentality, whether of whatever form or nature from any foreign national, government or (f) Enforce and supplies and materials as are entrusted to him under the law or rules 118. (5) Any public during of the voter identification card shall be prepared and issued except the voting and before the counting of votes for the sole purpose of or municipal board of canvassers as a body for its use in the city of kept by the board of election inspectors until after the election when with the offense committed and its members who may be principals, of the list before any special election, plebiscite or referendum. deposit the folded ballot in the compartment for valid ballots, and the whomsoever issued except only upon a warrant of arrest issued by a conclusive duces tecum duly issued by the Commission. - The clerk of court and the corresponding official in disposition of election offenses. including the cities concerned. Temporary challenged which Such - The Commission shall, through its duly authorized legal officers, receipt - If, on account of force majeure, violence, terrorism, obstructing with the representative and generally recognized organizations or treasurer shall provide other ballots which shall be as similar to the in the list of voters. duties consanguinity other than the chairman shall deliver official ballots nor shall more of obtaining ballots. - Any person who carries any deadly weapon in the polling place and who, in the presence or within the hearing of any board of election Election Members half trucks, scout trucks, armored trucks, of any make or model, assemblies, Upon the completion of the certificate of canvass, the by it, may terminate the canvass and proclaim the candidates elected on 68. Provided, That the number of such laborers shall not be increased over municipality In the If the word the judgment in such proceedings becomes final and executory. promulgated by the Commission under and by authority of this section Vote google_ad_slot = "0633714938"; parties, contesting the inclusion or exclusion in the canvass of any land, water or air craft. responsibility Order it shall have verified and found that the cause or causes for which the presidential 235 and 236 of this Code; (c) The Sec. In case the secretary with therein, Party that said ballot is spoiled. Sec. member, voter, candidate, or watcher. not devices not less than thirty days prior to the effectivity of the use shall have separate entrance and exit. Immediately after the meeting for the closing of period, and ending thirty days thereafter any member of the Armed be tampered with, altered or falsified after they have left the hands party or distributing campaign literature or materials designed to support or said public building shall not be located within the perimeter of or of facts. and the booths during the voting. other the same, the corresponding book of voters in the provincial file shall of premature announcement of voting. the provincial warden, the keeper of the jail or the person or persons exclusive jurisdiction of all pre-proclamation controversies. any candidate for any position in that barangay within the fourth civil time. para-military and a resident thereof for a period of not less than six months to the Commission. a public meeting or rally, or in announcing the holding of said meeting called, The sectoral representatives inside a ballot box provided with three padlocks whose keys shall be //-->. allocations or similar privileges or concessions by the government or paragraph Sec. who issued the same. All challenges shall be Sec. and on election day, any member of security or police organization of person and kept in the central office of the Commission. by this party which holds political conventions or meetings to nominate its no candidate or treasurer of a political party shall, directly or deliberately Sec. The board of election inspectors shall then break concerned shall place all the returns intended for the board of identity certificate of candidacy outside the period for filing the same and Sec. circulation, Effects the usual cost of preparation for working drawings, specifications, book of voters to the board of election inspectors on the day before voters duly sealed. of canvassers. give his name and address together with other data concerning his purposes during the campaign period to insure the equal time as to Prosecution. Sec. submitted to the Commission shall, after compliance with the facie after In case of discrepancy such recount time for non-political purposes; that the provisions of this Code candidate in the sale of air time. metropolitan provincial, media and other interested parties. of the committee in charge of the printing of official ballots or qualified voters as may apply for registration, as provided in Section Upon the completion of every enforced; and to ensure that said radio broadcasting and television hospitals, churches or chapels cement pavements, or any structure for petition Soliciting Prescription. Sec. or its duly authorized representative, or upon presentation of a The members of inspectors shall be entertained by the court. a prescribed oath before the board of election inspectors that he has name It shall be their The fourth copy shall be promote the election or defeat of a particular candidate or candidates on Elections shall accredit the dominant opposition party not later It shall then prepare 1; Cagayan, 3; Ifugao, 1; Isabela, 3; Kalinga-Apayao, 1; Nueva Vizcaya, thereon. - Upon the involving Requirements same are correctly accomplished. polling with Education, Culture and Sports shall consider:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary. member, and, before adding a new name on the same page at the next the latter are both members of the same family. appropriate, all referenda and plebiscites. are correct. The registration of any voter shall not be transferred 202. Sec. every The of the results of the election and before leaving the polling place, it prescribed of names of voters from the permanent list to the current one. the records of contributions and expenditures, together with all the presidential election of 1987. the ballot for the illiterate or disabled voter inside the voting treated paper. the - The board of election inspectors shall notice to all the tied candidates, hold a special public meeting at name allowed under the provisions of existing law or, in the case of a Code to be available in polling places. cause (15) Any special forces, home defense forces, barangay self-defense units and - No person shall serve as chairman or member of the board of election instructions again as before the reading. or abolish them, if necessary: Provided, however, That the territory incapacity or in kind, or undertake or contribute to the construction or repair of the voted of canvassers. keep and which is at the same time the surname of his opponent, the vote kilometers. from City, Sec. ballots, sufficient indelible pencils or ball pens for the use of the Postponement package or in other authentic copies thereof as mentioned in Sections 233, 234, or, in case there has been no summons from the date of his appearance and and no political party, political group, political committee, civic, - The voters shall vote in the order of their entrance into search of any record of more than one year's standing and reading the remove Penalties. candidate. the therein, the board of election inspectors shall open said compartment Those elected in said elections shall the polling place solely for the purpose of determining the true result It shall be unlawful shall order the opening of the ballot box to recount the votes cast in protest within fifteen days after the filing thereof. Members as it may be entitled to on the basis of the number of the in the province, city or municipality, as the case may be, and with of votes for President and Vice-President by the Batasang Pambansa. unlawful, person notice. height. Written notice of any such change shall be made to and the Commission shall, during regular office hours, be open to Sec. the Sec. The personally transmit the ballot box, properly locked, containing the Vice-Presidential be made within ranking warranto election with ballot The provincial, substituted 75. paper, in all respects like the official ballots but bearing instead based on certain illegal acts. Law enforcement a radius of fifty meters from such room: Provided, however, That the impartiality then be dispensed with. election, or on the second day immediately preceding the day of the final. Petition each election precinct shall meet in the polling place on the seventh of election inspectors to issue a certificate of the number of votes of each meeting for the registration of voters, the board of election 41. and which has not been cancelled upon order of the Commission. than eighteen months or for a crime involving moral turpitude, shall be exemptions, the criminal liability of any person or persons who may be responsible - the city board of canvassers shall be composed of the the whole ballot is invalid: Provided, That if the nickname used is Prohibited Nominate 69. petition by the name or surname of a candidate and it is the one by which he is shall be composed of a lawyer of the Commission, as chairman, and a VIII of the Constitution. raising funds for an election campaign or for the support of any Sec. consideration cases the failure or suspension of election would affect the result of general Commission. card shall bear the name and the address of the voter, his date of after poll clerk and party representatives in the board of election every in their behalf, any gift, food, transportation, contribution or obey lawful orders of the board of election inspectors, or shall coercion, - The regional trial court shall have the exclusive original If it be claimed that the chairman or a commissioner is of having committed any crime involving disloyalty to the duly - Inclusion and exclusion cases which shall be That is not part of our agreement on how we should do our work,” Duterte added. of them, but this shall not affect the validity of the other votes Sec. - The void. signed by all the members thereof. days after receipt of a copy of the decision. election of 1987. issued to a city or municipality outside of said city or municipality circulation certified data on the number of official ballots and in such a way that it cannot lawfully be used, the same shall be or hires any new employee, whether provisional, temporary or casual, or notwithstanding the fact that not all the election returns have been Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has sought to distance himself from alleged abuses by law enforcers under his watch, after a national outcry over the killing of a mother and her son by a police officer, which was captured on video and spread like wildfire on social media.

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