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REsoLu[oN No. L -10 26

WHEREAS, pursuant
O"OrOric Act No. g436,
Act No. 9369, the aor,o as amended by Republic

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Parliamentary Ejections;

NOW THEREFORE. or

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Voting, Counting, Transml;;";;;"i:J." and

, ARTICLE
DEFINITION OF TERMS
I

,1ffiIil|';.1;.,,on""t1Ttll, or rerms' - As used in this Resoiutioru the

(a) Accessibre po,ine prace (App)

refers to the venue where
Board (EB) condu-cts the Electorar
Persons with Disabitilv"reciion-reratJ;;;.;J*gs for vorers
and S""i"r'ij,ir"ii',1SC; u.,a who are
previously manifested t'o cast
ttreir votes in-*"arp. The
who have
located at the ground floor, App shalr be
preferaUly ,,*. tf_rf
of the building,
".,,rurr."
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fl:ill"xk*f:':i j:::1""' and provi ded with necessary

services

(b) Accessible Voting Center

(AVC) refers to th
rorrndigenouspeioresqp;)l";;;.^:ffi ",'^iX,?::H[,ilf,;["::
they shall .,r ,
cast votei o,.,.tu.iio,, Jue.r'1Lqr
(c) Automated Counting Machine
(ACM) refr
;ili,#:ihH::,i1"'il^ib:i''tll,'i""T"T"1"",1"i#'f;,ff *#;
(d) Clustered precinct
to the group of established
within the same b.-:1$
rangay and voting precincts located
center.
(e) clustered-separate porling.prace
(c-spp) refers to a clustered precinct
within the voting cente.r with
ctustered precinct wirh_regular
l"r",h;i;6 Ip.,rotu* voting in tire same
separate voting Room (Ip-s-"vnl
;;;;il.re sha, ou I" ,ifi.irg
r". p of this crustered prrcinct.
""t.rs
(0 Commission or COMELEC refers
to the Commission on Elections.
(g) Election Day Computerized
voters' List
computerized list of registered -L (EDCVL) refers to the
,otur. a precinct, with their
photographs and signatures,
which shall be used by the Erectoral
on Elecrion Day to i-aentlfy Board
le'cora thei. act of voting.
"",".11"J,i
(h) Electoral Board (EB) refers to
the body duly constituted by
Commission who wiil condrct the
,i"-ri^"rirr"rting. ald Seating (nrs;,
voting, counting, and transmissi""
results.
"f "f..i""
(i) Excrusive-separate po,ing place (E-spp)
refers to a clustered precinct
within the voting c-enter with rso o,
mo.e ;;r;";;";=".ptl.;i,"..
ffi:'.fl::,#,f,:PP
shall be anocateJ ii;;"'" Automated Co,,.,i,'s

(,) IP (Indigenous people) voter refers

to a registered voter who berongs
to an Indigenous Culturar.Community
same in the Revised Application
(lrci u"a who has indicated the
norri_, o. S-,ippf"*u"rrry Orru
i"ri.,,
(k) lail Adminiskator refers to.*the highest official of the
Management and penology qflvlP),e;.i*u, Bureau of Jair
Philippine National rorce 'curioaiut of Correcrions (BuCor),
lrirrn; Fac,ities, and provinciar
Jails in a district/citylmunictpaliiy
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oy Orrurrfrr",

0) Non-Manifest Disab,ify refers

to a gpe of disab,ity which
apparent from the physical
uppuu.u.,"u-lfu is not
purror,,
(m) NTSC refers to th,
related i.r.r", *dt):T11'Technical.support Center, where all AES-
r concems nationwide
resolved. are reported, uaar"srJ,
u.d

h) Deprived of Liberty (pDL) Voter

refers to a registered voter
li.::l
(1) Confined t" r:1".r,,,
awaiting/undergoing
charged
(r' for any crime/s and
^i11:_ trial; or
(2) Serving a sentence of imprisonment
for less than one (1) year; or
(3) Whose conviction of a crime involving
constituted government such as
disloyalty to the duly
rebelliory seditiory vioiation of
firearms laws or any crime agui"rt the
security or for any other
crime is on appeal. "u;;.,u.
(o) Person with Disabilify refers to a registered
voter who:
(1) Is listed as "PWD" in the list of
:ers or rarhnoo
voters whose zri^^L:r:r.
disability .
is
manifest on election day; or
(2) Has a long-term- physicaf mental, intellectual,
impairments whictr, in interaction or sensory
with various iurri"rr- *"y
hinder their full and effective participation
irr,fr"
on an equal basis with others. "f".i"r;;;;"r,
(p) Polling Prace refers to the prace where the
EB conducts its proceeding
and where the voters cast their votes.

(q) Posted Computerized Voters, List ('CVL)

refers to the computerized
list of voters posted outside poiirrg
"u.n fiu.u.
(') Priority Polling place (ppp) refers to
rooms or makeshift/temporary
polling place established at the grounil ooo,
specifically for the following:
o, a voting center

(1) Persons with Disabitity and/or senior Citizens who did not avail
of APPs;

(2) Persons with Disability who failed to update

registration
their voter
record;
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Transmission oy Orrirlrr.

(3) Persons who became disabled/incapacitated

permanently after the continuing temporarily or
6r""i;; ot voters ended; and
(4) Pregnant voters.

(s) PPP/SateIite-UO,
l."lp:Irto Staff
Staff and Aide appoini"a
(ppp/S_ppp SS) refers to
the Support
rrp"*iruit" rro,lr,g in the ppp/S_ppp.
(t) sate'ite-prioriry po,ing place (s-ppp)
estabtished in a buitdingf,rr.a refers to a ppp temporar,y
with Disability or for Seiior
,, u. *rir"a f1"i"g L.r,; ,"i,![:.*
Citizen;.**-
*' (sC) refers to a qualified voter
whose age is sixty (60)
;:l'r":r"J;r"l
(v) Separate- polling place for
Indigenous people (Ip_Spp) refers
polling prace estabrished ro. rpr to a
*?tr,ir, u ,roti.g An spp is either
an: (i) Exclusive-Spp (E_Spp);
*frrl il"rt.r"d_Spp ""rrrer.
(C_Spp).
(w) Separate Voting Room for Indigenous people
(IP_SVR) refers to an
(class) room exctusiveri a.uoi.a
l1l"oT*t r* rp ;il.;;;;;;;i",
(r) Special Electoral Board forpDL (SEB-PDL)
refers to a body composed
of three (3) members, which condu"tr-*J'r,rp"rvises
- the voting in a
"'"=,,11'"'f
i"?ffiir":?:",l"jiTft PiL-;PD i;5#"' '],,
(y) uniformed
"I'*
personner refers to
uniformed personner of the BJMp,
BuCor, pNp, or provincial
Jails who
".. i"p"ur.J Llrriri
,"r1.,n.
escort the nOf Supfort Staff (pDL_SSj
1on{ucl.of .vo1ing,
day inside the ja, fac,ity/detention cenier .f..,ilrr
provisions of pDL Escorted voting under
or pDL vote.. ""
^irriii"* "iir,"
Rule vr or tnis n"r.r,r?r"".'
(z) voter-verified paper Audit'Trail (wpAT)
refers to the voter receipt
that is generated by the ACM after if,.
f.uair,g of a valid ballot.
(aa) Voting Center refers to the build ing
or place where the polling place is
located.

ARTICLE II
ELECTORAL BOARD, DepEd SUPERVISING
OFFICIAL, & SUPPORT STAFF
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SEC. 2. powers, Duties,.

and Functions of the Electoral Board. _
:f:lTXlff:Jd
(EB) shari h";;,il;i;*L;;:;..,, The
duties. and runctions.

(a) Act as deputies of

the C,oMELEC in the supervision
conduct of etections in the
pothnl;i;;; "", and contror of the

(b)Conduct the Final Testing

and sealing of the Automated
Machines (ACMs); Counting

G) in the polling place and administer

"t"T$l: *il""tT'
the erectronic

(d) Be responsibre and accountable

for alr the ACM kits received
to the checkiist inside the pursuant
ACM.;;;hd,iu ,u*u are in theifcustody;
(e) Maintain order within
the polling place *" its premises to keep an
-- ancl
open and unobstructed u..".,
tf,ui"io;-
(f) Enforce obedience to its lawful
orders.
If any person refuses to obey the
lawfur orders of the EB or conducts
a disorderly manner ir', itr p."r".,." in
*r,r..-i" i,, hearing and thereby
interrupts or disturbs its proce-eaingr,". ii.'in may
writing directing any peace officer issue an order in
io'take surh p"r.or, *" .".i.ay
unt, the adjournment of.tt e meeting,
pr""ia.a that the order sha, not
be executed as to prevent rr.h
p".ro".,i.o^ rot_g.
In the absence of any peace officer,
the order may be executed by any
other competent anj uUru p.r*.,
i.p",ir.l'uy EB in writine. The
template of the written order, n"r"tJuiiu.r,la the
attached to the Minutes; and i, ;;ar.lrtix,ry; rri"i,o"

(g) Perform such other functions

prescribed by raw or by the rures and
regulations promulgated Uy tf,e Commissi#.

sEC' 3' Composition of the Erectorar

Board. - The
-' EB shall be composed of
a Chairperson, poll Clerk, and Third
M";b"r.
In all cases, at least one (1) member of
the EB should be an information
technology (IT) capable person trained
for the purpose and certified as such
by the Deparrment of Science ana TechnJogy"(DoS!.
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The special Erectorai Board

(sEB) for pDL voting shall
composition as the regular have the same
EB but shalin;;""r";
member who to ,;;?;; Dosr ,uired to have an IT-capabre
certification.
SEC.4. Voting privileee of
the Members of the Electoral
Board. _ Members
:lif;lX,Xl tie poriing pr,.";;;;^;;y
are assigned on erection
ff"T "
(a) They are registered woters
of the cify within the same regislative
or municipality where they are district
assigned;-
(b) They have not availed of
the local absentee voting; and

(c) They sha' add their names-and

precinct numbers and the place
where
i)il"?::
actualty registered l, ih.fi&L *d
,,ot" ,r"r,.ru.t in tnu

Any member of the EB, who is a

legislative/counc,or registered voter of another
district'withir] th; r;;.i"ty or municiparity, may vote
in the poling ptace where th.y
;r;;;]lj;ffit.rua, provided that:
(a) The voting in their place
of assignment is lighf
(b) Their absence shall not be
for more than thtty (30) minutes;
(c) The members of the EB shall
schedule the voting so that oniy
member shall leave at any given time; one (1)

(d) They must be given priority

in voting; and
(e) The fact that thev exercised
their voting priv,ege sharl be noted
Minutes; in the

For this purpose, if the chairperson

exercises this priv,ege, the polr Crerk
shall act as the Acting Chairperson.

In the arternative, the EB may ava, of rocal

absentee voting pursuant to the
pertinent COMELEC Resolufron on th".r*"_ ---

sE.c' 5' Meetings of the Erectoral Board.

- The meetings of the EB shalr be
public and held only in the polling plu.e urrtnorired
by the Commission.
EP shali a,ct through its Chairperson and,
Ih:
majority vote all questions
without delay, decide by
that may arise in the performance ia, a",i"r.
"i
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sEC' 6' prohibition on partisan poriticar

or sEB shall engage in any.partisan Activity. - No member of the
EB
political.activity or take part
etection, except to uote a.,d dis.h.r;" lir-/'h;duties in the
as such.
sEC' 7' Temporary vacancies
in the Erectoral Board. - If at the
meeting of the EB, anv member time of the
ir ubru"r;;; ;;sidonin the EB
is st,r vacant,
the members presenf shal
perform the duties of the ra*er.
.rii;;;;ilffiI*,u of the absent member to
i"
u"y";r";;;rfstitut"
members present shall appoint cannot be found, the
q,,,uiifi"iior,_purtirur, registered
of the po'ing prace to temporarilyitr voter
member appears or the. vacancy
i^ ,ri" vacancy unt, the absent
ii
members present, they shall *,;6ir,,fy.
rinea.
^'-' In
"' 'case there are only two (2)

sEC' 8' Arrest of Absent EB

Member. - The member or members
present may order the arrest of the EB
of any member or substitute thereof,
the member,s or membe*, j"t#.;'ir'"ir"^, who, in
obstructing the performance of with the intention of
the duties of the EB.

sEC' 9' Relief and Substitution

of the Members of the Erectorar Board.
The members of the EB shalr not
b";ii";;;;lubstituted unress otherwise-
disqualified.

sEC' 10' support staff of the Electorar

Board and speciar Electoral Board
(SEB). - The Elecrion Officer-
constitution and appoir (EOt ,;;X, ;uring the period for the
EB' appoint sulport siaff to uJ"
EB in the performu.,c" JA;:t"i::* ,t
"
number of Support Staff that may be
appointed per EB are as
lh*::*"d
Number of E stablished Precincts N Um bet 0 I A 0 we d E B S u p p 0 rt
in the Cluster ed Precincts s ff e r c u st e r e d P r e c n ct
1to3 1
4 2
5 or more J maxlmum
The EB support staff cannot participate in
the deliberation of the EB or vote
on any issue or question that may aiise during
the proceedings.

of any of the Support Staff on the day of the etectiory

L1.1:::t.ro:ence
ED, Dy malorlty vote, may designate a substitute the
who:
(u) is at least eighteen (1.8) years of age but need
not be a registered voter of
the city or municipaiity;
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(b) must be of good moral

character and irreproachable
reputation;
(c) is of known integrity
and competence;

t'
i-,li;,lx;u:lll'*',,1'r#Ls?iiT :j':'ry" or or anv crime
pending InJoimation for any election or has no
o6u*j,rfiparrsonment,
(e) is able to speak and write
Filipino, English, or the local
dialect.
For the SEB-PDL Support
Staff, the allocation will
be as follows:
T o ta N 0 0 f c uSt r d P re n cts n T 0 ta N u m b r 0 ,f A Ad PD
V0 t n c e n te r L
! U 0 rt n taff L o t h A S E B
1-10
L
11-20
and so forth followin the 2
same ra tio

SEC. 11. Department of

EducatioVl\4inistry
Technical Education srp"*irirg:''o?ii"i;i of Basic, Higher, and
Composition, and Functio*.
.
_ ffr""""i^b"..", _ "r, support shff;
DESO and Support Staff
to be
Ii"ifii:*fttadministrative) "pf"ir,r.a rr',ar u" ir-,"J",55r." i,inn
A. For DESO and DESO Administrative
Support Sta_ff:

Numbe r of Clustered
T otal Number of Total Numb er of Allowed
Precincts in the Votin Center
Allowed DES 0 DESO Admi n istrative SS
1-10 L
1
11-20 2 2
21-30 3 J
31-40 4
d so forth using the same 4
ratio

B For DESO Techaical Support Staff:

Number of Cl ustered Precincts in

the Total Number of Allowed DESO
Votin Center
Technical S
1-5 L
6 -10 2
11-15
L6 -20 4
and so forth usin the same ratio
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for Voting, Counting, B Transmission oy Orrf,rfrg.,
o, ,n

The DESO, in coordination

with the EO, shall:
(a) Plan, organize, Iav;11t,
and supervise the sefting
Assistance oesk ('vA-D) up of a Voters,
"t
th;
their po'ing praces or precrnct
;;i;;;,:1* assist voiers i.,
assrgimlntl incruding Apps ro.uiing
and ppps;
(b) Supervise the skak posting by the DESo Administrative
layout of thu ,ro,irtg" ss of the

#.]lk,*:i*if i,:{:ll'i+!liis'L:iiv"i'J::"f ,?:'::;ti::

shall guide *'"""ot"tt-i',;;;;
their respecti".
o",ilTff.?,**tn .
(') securely, as much as pracricable,
:ffi:"rjl$JT."l;^**n
sPace outside the polling each pase
voters; '' ptu.u u.."rrlii"'iJ,rr"
(d) Plan" organize, and supervise
the crowd man agement at
egress areas of the voting the ingress and
centers;
(e) Maintain a list of technical personnel,
as well as pNp and Armed
:,1,,HJit,JJ.il::
(AFp) p;,,;;;ffi #; i,,n" ""ii,g ;:;".,, ;". Forces

(0 maintain the APP and PPP, as

*ffi:::.T: the case may be, in the

(g) Serve as the contact and point

person of the EO in the voting
center;
(h) supervise the Technicar and Administrative
support staff in the
tu nctions l,- piouiau a i,,,
;J:il,i"JiJ,:.fl Sflil": "d tnu,,,."u. ar,,, g

(i) Designate each DESo Technicar

support staff
clustered precincts; and to their respective

(,) Perform such other functions prescribed

by law
regulations promulgated by the Commlrrl#. '*' or by the rules and

SEC. 12. DESO Technical Support

Staff; Duties and Functions. _ The
duties and functions of the DESo r".r.ni."is"piort
staff are as folows:
(a) Report during the scheduled FTS
and on Election Day in the voting
center where they are assigned;
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(b) Remain in the assigned

voting center for the entire duration
and on Election Day, until alt-the of the FTS;
actlviilei are concluded;
(c) Report to the NTS-C and
EO during the conduct of the
Election Day the following: FTS and on

(1) Date and time of arrival at the

voting center;
(2) Date and time of successfur instaration
of the ACM of the crustered
precinct/s under his/her jurisdictiory

(3) Date and *.. o{ the start of voting

-o of the ciustered precinct/s
under his/her jurisdicfion;

(4) Date and time. of the crose of voting

-o of the crustered precinct/s
under his/her jurisdiction;

(5) The status of transmission of the

clustered precinct/s on Election
Day under his/her jurisdictioru

(6) Missing items in the ACM case of the

clustered precincts under
his/her jurisdictiory if any;

(7) Defective storage device for replacemen!

and
(8) All other information or reports that may
be required of them.
(d) Assist the EB in the installation of ACM,
if so required.
(e) Troubleshoot the ACM in case of technicar
issues and provide sorution.
In case the technicar issues camot r" r"rotrua,
refer to the NTSC for the
proper resolution.

sEC' 13' Entitlement of Honoraria, A,owances,

Service credits, and other
Benefits. - Persons rendering erection-rerated
service shail be entitred to the
following:

(u) Compensation composed of Honoraria and Allowances. _ The

Chairperson and Members of the EB, incruding speciar
Electorar Board
(sEB), the DESO, their respective support stari#a
s"pp"r, sa"*
",rl*rolej
shall be entitled to compensation depending on their
which is
inclusive of honoraria, travel, commuiication, and
meal aliowances:
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2025 NLB.E Generar rnstructions 11 0f 54
for voting, counting, g rransmission of R r:;rg

ROLE TOTAL CO MPENSATION

Gross Amoun t
Cha erson of the EB /sEB
P 12,000.00
M em be I S ot the EB S EB P 11,000.00
EB/SEB S upport Staff
IP -SVR S u PP o rt S taJf
F 8,000.00
PP P S-P PP S u o rt S t#f & Ai d e
De Ed Su ervi Official (DESO ) P 11,000.00
DESO Technical Su ort Staff
P 9,000.00
D E S o A d mtrus tr ati e S u o rt St
PP afl P 8,000.00

(b) service credit' - A minimum of five

(5) days service credit shall
to all government officials ,"a .rpfoi"u?r.rrrirrg accrue
and Support Staff. as EB, SEB, DESO,

The honoraria and arowances

mentioned herein sha, be paid within
(15) days from the date of election. fifteen

ARTICLE III
WATCHERS
sEC' 14' Official watchers.of Candidates, poriticar parties,
Groups. - Each candidate, a"ty ,"6rt"."J'poii and other
politicai parties, associations, or organizations
i.uf party or coalition of
participating in the party_List
System, and dulv accred,ited citizJnsi
place two (2) waichers who sha,,"r".
;;;.; J; appoint in every polling
;li;;;;Jy. Ho_urr"r, candidates for
Senator, Member of the S.anggu"irg nrtrl;*i"g;,
Sangguniang panlungsod,
and, Sangguniang Bayan beio-nging"to
th" ;;fi; party or coalition, shatl
collectively be entitled to one (1--) *lut.hur.

Other civic, religious, professional, business,

service, youttL, and any other
similar organizations sha, be entitred .ottu.ti,r"iv
to appoint one (1) watcher
in every potling place with prior authority
of .}rJ commission.

I{tf3 snace in a polling prace reserved for watchers

insufficien! preference
is
shall be given to the watchers of the domiaant
majority and dominant
minority parties, as determined by the Commission.
watchers of the citizens,
arms shall be given preferential position closest
to the EB.

sEC' 15' watchers. - The fonowing persons are quarified to serye as

watchers:

(a) Registered voter of the city or municipality where the watcher is

assigned;
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(b) Of good moral character;

(c) Able to read and write Filipino,

Engrish, or the preva,ing l0car
dialecu
(d) Provided that thev have
not been convicted by.final judgment
election offense o.'of any .,h";;;ir";;*iilot.ututua of any
(4n) civil degree of consanguinity within the fourth
or affinity to the Chairperson,
other member of the rE or any
i"
ir,,u ;;Ilirig place where they
seek
appointment as watchers.

(e) Provided further, that under

no circumstances sha, barangay
or their employees, includin gAn ogoyio"oar, officiars
be appointed as watchers.

SEC. 16. Rights and Duties of,Watchers.

Upon entering the polling place,
_
the watchers sha'presentto the Chairpe.r;;;i the EB their appointments
as watchers and proof .that they ur"-
.egirtur.d
municipality where thev are assigned. The#names voters of the city or
shalr be recorded in the
Minutes with a notation under tfrEir sig"nafur"r1f,u,
,nuy are not disqualified
to serve as such in accordance with
thl immJr"i.iy p.i*;#ffi#-'
The appointments of the watchers sharl
bear the signature of the candidate
authorized representative of the parry,
:i 9:1y associations, or organizatior,,
parties,
organization or coalition of
pu.ii"ipiing-in the pr.ty_Lirt a.,i"*
that appointed them.

At Ieast fifteen (15) davs before. Election Day,

independent candidates, and
duly parties, organizations, or coalitions, coalition of narri,
.registered
associations, or organizatio"ns participa,t"g
provide the EO concerned with the n"ames
h ;d'p;ffir#fifft:":,
and ,igrrature, oi ii"i,
representatives authorized to appoint watchers
and th; hst of names of
watchers per clustered precinciin the city or
municiparity of the polling
place of their watchers indicating tt"r"r. rp"liri" ussigned polring
prace.
The watchers shall have the right to:

(a) Stay in the space reserved for them inside the

polting place, except in
case where the space provided is insufficient, in
whici p."f".'".,""
shall be given to the citizen,s arm, dominant majority,"ur",
and dominant
minority parties;

(b) Wihress the proceedings of the EB;

(c) Take note of what they see or hear;

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(d) Take photos o, ,,1::^r
olthe proceedings and incidents,
FTS' counting of votes, transmission, if any, during
(ERs)' and the scanning or
#l-printing of erection returns
the wpeipr"ito"a the secrecy
sha, be maintained at ti*"r.';;;;";;rrshalt of the barot
ri taking of pictures,
images' photos' or videos
*.it.
tt',. * shading the binot and
feeding the same in the ""* violation
ACM b;;ii;;;;:' of this paragraph
shal cJnstitui" ur,'ur..tior, offense.

(e) File a protest asainst any

irrSgulaliry or violation of law
believe may hav-e been commiiea which they
fyineEa or by any person presenu
o rling or such protest and/or
:^i?:j;:ilf;ff.illtcate as to the

(g) Position themselves near the Chairperson

of the EB, while the
Chairperson is publicty *o"n.ing-ffir..*., results.
Watchers are not allowed to speak
to any member of the EB, to any
themselves, in a manner that would voter, or
iil."t disrupt the proceedings of the

The watchers representing the dominant

majority,and dominant minority
parties, and the citizen,s irm sha,,
ff ;;rlhbi;; affix their signatures and
thumbmarks in the ERs.

ARTICLE ry
FINAL TESTING AND SEALING

SEC.17. Period for Final Testi"g-119

Sealing (FTS) of ACMs; Norice. _
any scheduled day from 02May10ZS (fridayjto On
07 May2025 (Wednesday),
the EB shall convene at the designat"d;;ii#;i"ce
to test and sear the ACM
assigned to its clustered precrnct.

In case the FTS of the ACMs cannot be done

during the said schedule, the
Commission has the ontion to conduct ttr"
su.r," on any day from May g,
2025 until the election iay. If the reason
for such is due to security and/or
other practical concems, the Eo may o.a",
ir,. .o.duct of the FTS in the
l:Test voting center subject-to the ipproval of the concern"a-prs, ; in"
RED in the case of NC& 2amboanga tity,
una Ou,rao City.

The members of the EB, DESO, and their respective

Support Staff shall be
notified by the EO, in writing, of the date, time, and
place of the FTS of the
ACM not later than three (3) days before the scheduie
of FTS.
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The candidates' registered.poriticar
parties, coarition of poriticai
iiiiilXli?tr;":l ;:liil'^f io'" p*ffiilr".. the parrv-rist
parties,
system
r*.*i*,u""";il"r;,".ji8ffi li,,t,g"Tff ::"1',T:;,^.i*lil.;i*::
of the FTS for each crustered
p.u"in.t *ii.'ir,.,t" boards of the oECi and
:JJ:il'Y
FTS.
l'#:il:','#
.
r'urr'. u"a l" u;i;'; ;h'."
1e; conspic.,ous oi,I*
,. not later than three (3) auy, befor,u tf," ,.fr.J"i. .
"f
SEC. 18. procedures fo
EBsharr"r.",,"li,;.1tffi
T::J:'*:,"il:"#LT,:i jTJilcM-rhe
(u) Explain to those present the purpose
of and the procedures for the FTS;
(b) Perform the FTS f:lt:y,r.g the
ACM OrrnarroN pRocEDURES hereto
attached as ,,ANNEX B;,, id

(c) Randomly choose ten (10) persons,

from among those present, who w,I
accomplish the ballots to be used for
FfS. If thir" ur"i;;;;h;'r'H
Persons present, any of them may accomolirt, .,,oru irr)
to complete the ten (10) ballots. inu-r,-*ilib".l,",

To accomprish the balrots, the Chairperson

shall give each of the ten (10)
persons a ballot inside the.ballot secrecy
f"fau.
pen' they shalr.accomplirn ilr" u","r"r?
, ;;G;"":i;;g
lh-" ^i:k*F
opposite by fury shading the circre
the names of the .ur,didut.r, irrciuaine that of rhp ,.,o,
organizatiory or coaririon. p*,i.iprri.,g
representation. Thereafter, they sharl
il;"'?#j,,iJ ill,"ff.T;
retu"rn the accomprished balot inside
the ballot secrecy folder and the marking
f""i" ,f," Chairperson.
For the voters in the BARMM, (Z) batlots shall be used during the
-tuo
one containing the NLE candidates, FTS:
and the other containing the names of
the candidates for members of the n*gru*o-
narliament.
The Chairperson shall:

(u) Examine the accomptished balot and determine

whether the circre
opposite the names of the candidates/political parties participatine
the party-list system have been Julry shaded; ur'ra tn"
in
ri.".i,y'r."oi...,
--
(timing marks, barcodes, and eR codes) have not been
damaged;
(b) Retum the accomplished batlot inside the ballot secrecy folder
and eive
the same to the voter who shall personally feed th"
into the ACM;
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(c) Instruct the persons tgl',erify
the votes as appearing on
place the same in ttre VW,C'T " the wpAT
rec;d; and

to' procedures in "a"' "b", and"c" until ar

;fi:",:T.I:i,"*" ten (10)

(e) Follow the instructions on the

ciosing of polls and the printing
election returns after all ,f,",u" lrOffrilo,l of
nuuu been fed;
(0 Perform WPAT audit and print
WpAT audit repor0 and
(g) Conduct Manuar Verification of
immediately succeeding sectlon. -
Resurts foll0wing the procedures
" "" in the

SEC. 19. Manual Verification

of Results. _ The EB shall retrieve
accomplished ballots from the the
brllot t;;;;nually count the votes
and accomplish the m1nu1t En, therein,
pro,ria"JT""in; p"rp;;.-Th;;;ii;;*g
rules shall be observed i" tnu *u"i
J;outitil of votes:
(a) The Chairperson sha-ll verify the
ballots to determine whether
over-voting (when-the number there is
of votes 10r a position exceeded
number of ballots). If there Ir u" the
o".r-uoi. in a position, no vote shall
counted in favor of any candidate be
for the said position;
(b) The Chairperson shall take the baliots
one by one, and read the names
of the candidates voted for and ,t
p.rr,f." for which they were voted
"
to, in the order in which they upp"ur,nu-r*r;

(c) The poll Clerk shall record on the

manuar ER the vote as the names
each posifion are read. Su.h ,ot.
"ot_..d f?l shall be recorded bv a
verrical iine, exceor every fifth (5th)
vote *f,i.f.,lf,rff U",.-":;;O"O ;i
diagonal iine crossing tne prerriJrs'f""ri+i
lines; "
"..,i"al
ia) Stir finishing the ten (10) barlots, the pol crerk
sharl determine
total number of votes obtained by each the
"urrJiauru,
(e) shall sign the certification portion of the ERs generated
IB
T1:,
ACM, manually prepared ERs, and the Wf,af ,"Jii;;;;r"0" bv the '
(0 The EB shall compare the resurts derived from
the ERs generated by the
ACM, the manually prepared ERs, and th" VW;iA;?j;'G;;. ,
"

lf the results are the perform the re_zero procedure, and shut
_same,
down the ACM followinf. tne steps in the ACM OpERArroN
Pnocpounes (,,ANNEX g,y. -
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If the results are not the same,

the EB sha, re-appreciate
review the wpAT to the ba110ts and
discrepancy, the EB sha, -determine in.'rir.."p*cy. If there is stilr a
.r, ;;-t-h;sig-nea DES. technicar support
staff for technicar assistance. The
DESdtechnicar support staff^shatl
report such incident to the NTSC
and the EO concerned.
Once the discreoanry is r-esolved,
perform
shut down the'eCM-.folfo*ing'il'rr*, the re_zero procedure, and
PROCEDURES ("ANNEX B").
in the ACM OpERAr.roN

shall there be transmission of votes

fd;..rcu done during the FTS of

(g) Place the countedtaliots, WpAT,

manually_prepared ERs, ACM_
generated ERs, WpAT Audit Report,
by the ACM, in the envelop" pro"iJ"j
uni uff oin"i."O*" g""..ii"O
r".ln" purpose.
SEC. 20. Minutes of Fina-l-Testing and Sealing
and Transmission of Votes. _ Voting, Counting,
"f.+Cy,
tr-e fA ,nuU,uEo.a in the Minutes (CEF No.
A11) all the acts or data required to
ru untu.J ,r.,der this Resolution as
as they occur or become available. soon

SEC. 21. Disposition of Forms/Supplies. _ After

the FTS, the EB shall:
(a) Ensure that the ACM is placed in
the ACM case which should be
properly sealed and ru",rr.d. Thereafter,
leave
WPAT receptacle, and extemal b;"; r[ia.the ACM case, ballot box,
secured room in the voting center.
tf," polling place or any

(b) submit to the Eo the Envelope for Counted

FTS Banots, FTS Elecrion
Returns, and Other Reports (CEF N;.
117-FIS) containing
*'" the
.,
following and seal the same with a paper seal (CEF
N".;ilf
(1) Diagnostic Reporf
(2) Initialization Repor!
I.JJ
I-^. tSl copies of National and Local Returns;
(4) Manual ER;
(s) Counted ballots;
(6) WPAT; and
(7) WPAT Audit Report.

Eq shall keep the above documents unt, further instructions

Ihe
Commission.
from the
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to.be opened on 12 May 202s.

:lti:?'ACM
not,be opened earlier than -After FTS, the ACM shati
four o, clock in tf* *o*ing (a:00 AM) on 12 May

ARTICLE V
GENERAL PROVISIONS ON
VOTING
sEC' 23' Erection Day. - The erections
sha, be held on 12 Mav 2025.
sEC' 24' Earry votins Hours.
- The earry voting hours sha, be from five
ctock in the morninels:00 AM) o,
;",";#";;;l
which sha, be deioied-ex.i;;iil;;;;* ,nu.*olrrg (z:00 AM),
citizens' incruding their assistors, " with disabirity, senior
if ;"y,;"i p*gnant voters. The
may also be allowed to vote assistors
$urinj
registered voters of the same polting
if.rl, ir*", provided that they are
piace.

Persons with disability,

-,i{r, senior citizens, and or
und er sec ti on +a
"i
R;,
Polling Piace, if estabrished
;i;;;, il; I';ff;''i, ilt;",:"X,,i"0;:,,j.,,.,i
i" tr'r"i. uJni cliie. ,tu.ti.,g from five o,
in the moming (5:00 AM) to five o, crock
.f".i.l""li"'rf,ernoon (5:00 pM).
sEC' 25' Regular Voting.Hows. The
- regular voting hours shalr be from
clock in the morning (7:00 AM) to
iil;: "' ,'ur.., o' i.ii" ii,oo
"rolt ""*"s
Persons with disabiliryl r:1?, citizens
(SCs), and pregnant voters shall
to priority lane at tfre ioff#g praces from seven
:_.ill". :njo{_th^r:
rn the morning o, clock
election day.
(7:00 AM) to seven o, ct.t ti if,. ..,r"r.ri.g Ad;;lr;i."
y:r,:::,y|-11:::1", yet cast their votes but are within the thirty (30)_meter
raqrus rn rront of the oorling prace by seven
o' clock in the everuiiiibiiirlal
of Election Day shail stitt uJ ato*ea to .urtir,"i,
votes. The pol Clerk sharl
promptly prepare a complete.list in duplicate .or.,tuir,ir,rg
the names of said
voters numbered consecutively. The ,o-tu.,
,o listed shal be caled to vote
by the Poll Clerk by announcing near the door
of the polling pt";", il; i;"
loud enough to be heard throulhout the pol[nj place,
each name three (3)
times in the order in which the! are listed. Any"voter
in the list who is not
does not respond when called shall no longer
l:ut""l.o-1 be allowed ,o ,roi".
The said list shal1 be attached to the Minutes.

Voters shalt cast their votes in the voting center

i1-9:r1o_,r::l,lf
oesrgnated by the Y"ri"g.-
Commi-ssion. The poster indicating the crustered
number (CEF No. 43) shall be prominently posted."-u. irecinct
o, on the door of ihe
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shall there be a ctosed-circuit

i":11:r,.riffi,fr[:::" terevision (CCrv)

SEC. 27. Voters, Assistance

Desk. _ There shall be, in each voting
VAD to be manned bv the citizenr, center, a
";;;;;;;ited
the purpose. The VAbs shall be ,r.a", by the Commission for
DES.' They sha, assist voters t" tf," ,,ri.*irior, and control of the
sequence number, and the direction
ililrilg
their precinct number,
to their polling place.
In case there are no ava,able accredited
citizens' arms to man the vAD, the
EO may enter into u MgO. *frn
NCO, CSO, or other
" ""*_p"rtisan
available in their respective uiu*-of responsibility to man the
ffirutio*
ARTICLE VI
MANNER OFVOTING
sEC' 28' who may vote' --Ar1 registered
voters whose names appear in the
EDCVL may vote in the 2025 NrE
""d
unless their names are manually crossed
t*;;oro
parliamentary Eiection,
following annotarions, duly signld Uytfr.
;;;];"*
^^ the same list with the
EO,
(a) The voter,s name was ordered excluded
from the list by a proper courq
(b) The voter has applied for the Local Absentee
Voting; or
(c) The voter has been certified as an overseas
voter as reflected in the
Registry of overseas voters (Rov) r"."i""a
uy the oEos after the voter
registration period.

,9. Challenge Against Illegal Voters. _ Any person

PI9:
his/her vote may be cha,engedby uny voter who wants ro cast
oi watcher on the forowing
grounds:

(a) Being not registered;

(b) Using the name of another; or

(c) Having an existing disqualification.

L:r such cases, the EB sharl determine the truthfurness of the ground for the
tequiring proof of registration, identiry, or qualification.
:,!11:"s:.fy
rne roentrty ot the voter is challenged, the EB shall identify
In case
the voter,s
specimen signature and photo in tnJ EOCVL. In the abserrce'of
above-mentioned proof ;f identity, any member of ".yia"r,*y
"ii}r"
the EB *uy
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of R r:t}g"
under oath a voter oersonally
known to the former, which
identification shall be recorded
in the
act of
Minutes.

i"t!;#.irlii':XL"u;:uty on Certain Ittegal Acts. - Any person

be challenged by any
who wants
voter or watcher or', ihu
following grounds:
(a) Received or expects to receive, paid, offered,
contributed, or promised to pay,
offered or promised't" .""oiU",.
value as consideration for his/her money
,"r or anything of
vo;;;;, *,.r"i. ur,;#;",t
(b) Made or received ar promise
any such vote; or
Preulrue to
ro influence tl giving or withholding of
lruluence the

(c) Made a bet or is interested directry

or indirectry in a bet that depends
upon the results of the election.

In such cases, the challenged voter may

take an oath before the EB that said
voter has not committed any,of the.ac,r;X"gJ;
the challenge. Upon taking
the chaltenge sha, be aismisre-5, a.J
:::h
to :",1,
vote. In case the voter- refuses to take ,r.t,
the voter shalt be a,owed
ouUr, the cha[;;;; ,i_r"fl fr"
sustained, and the voter shall not U. uttoweJ
to .,rotu.
sEC' 31. Record of Challenges and oaths.
Minutes ail challenges and oiths tut"ru
- The EB shall record in the
ar,Jits decision in each case.

During the voting. _ During the voting, the

iui;it#iT,i",f;,oo'.*ed
(a) Voters shall vote in the order of their anival
in the polting place. Giving
numbers to the voters to determine their sequence
of voting is strictry
prohibited;

(b) No watcher shall enter the prace reserved for the voters
and the EB, or
mingle and talk with the roters;

(") N.o person carrying any firearm or any other deadly weapon,
except
jail/prison escorts and those expressry authorized
by the ci*-itrio.,
shall enter the polling place. The jail/prison escorts may
bring firearms
inside the polJing place to secure the person deprived tf
fit"'riy
voter who will vote in the poiring price. said iscorts and pDLs6nOi_y
shall
immediately leave the porling prace once the latter have finished
voting;
(d) There shall be no crowding of voters and disorderly behavior inside
the
polling place;
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(e) There shall be a maximul,of

twgnty (20) voters ar any given
depending on the area of time,
the polling i#",*,,n seats
Senior Citizens, persons *r,r., reserved for
orl"uiii?"Nfi0 or"*unt voters;
(0 The balot O"* ,n^,l-::T.^:
during the voting. However,
loc,tea if it
i}fflii"::#:;1i:T,o..f.;;k;;;iliu'*o..bair-ots,,r..es^,r,ir,
(L) Remove the ACM from the
top of the
the ballot box cover, and shake ballot box without removing
the Lalot box to wobble the
contents therein, and make room
for the ballots;
(2) If st,' the ba110t cannot go through
the barot box, the ball0t box
may be opened. The Ciairperr#
contained thereinwithorrt removing
,f,af press down the ballots
arru oi tf.,"*. Ail;;_#;"
EB shall close the box by,"uting'it^" "",

Such fact shall be recorded in

the Minutes.
sEC' 33' persons A',owed Inside
the poring place. - onry the forl0wing
persons shall be allowed inside
the p"llt"g;l;".;
(a) Members of the EB and Su pport
Staff, if any;
(b) Watchers who shall stay oniy in
the space reserved for them;

(.) Representatives of the Commission;

(d) DESO Technical/Administrative Su

pport Staff assigned in the voting
center;

(e) PPPSupportStaff;

(0 Voters casting their votes and their assistors,

if any;
(g) Voters waiting for their tum to cast their
vote;
(h) lail/Prison Escorts escorting pDL voters;

(i) Commission on Human Rights representative/

s;

(,) National Commission on Indigenous peoples representativ

e/ s; or
(k) Other persons who may be specifically authorized
by the Commission
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SEC. 34. Persons Not Allowed to

Enter the polling place. - Unless
specifica,y authorized by the Commirrio.,,
persons to enter the poling prace, or
itl, unrawfJ for the ro,o*i.,g
to stav within a *ar"r^
meters from the polling place, except
to voter' "iirr*y is0)
(a) Any officer or member of the AFp or the pNp;

(b) Any peace officer o: armed person belonging to any extra_legal

police.agency, special3".y
f-orces, reaction forces, strike forces,
Force Geographical Units (CAFGUs), -"ir, Civilian
t.Tud barangay
similar forces or para_military forces, includi"g
n or'.in",
special policemen; or
,;;ity g";.a^r,
""a
(.) All other kinds of armed or unarmed extra_legal
police forces.
However, if it deems nr
wrilinqthedetaii;J;;il'":ll=f;,'|: jl;;l;,il;il,iT[J:1";I::',i:
protection of the erection documents and
paraphemaria. In *}ri.n1u*, in"
said policemen or peace officers shall stay
iuiriJu tn" poring prace within a
radius of thfuty (30) meters near enoughio
be easily called by the EB at any
time' but never at the door, and in no lase shalr
the saia poril"*"r, * ,*u1."
off icer hold any conversation with
any
"ot.irnJ
manner obstruct the free access of the voters
alrt";: ;;;;;'; rl;y
to the ponrng pru.u. s,r.t orau,
shall be recorded in the Minutes.

ST_C. Area. - The EB, whenever practicable, in

?5. ]faolaing coordination
with the DESO-, may designate.an adjacent.oJ* _
with ample space and
accessible to wheerchair users, if avaiiabre,
to be used u, tn.'r.,ora'irr;;;".
The holding area shair be used by the voters
*uiu.g for their tum to vote.
The voters shalr sit and arrange themserves on
a first-come, first-served
basis' such that they wiir vote according to the
sequence of their arrivar.

Voters in the holding area shall be assisted by the EB

Support Staff.
SEC. 35. Prohibifions on Voting. _ It shall be unlawful for a voter
to:
(u) Bring the ballot, ballot secrecy fotder, wpAT, or marking
pen outside
of the polling place except in ihe case of voting in a ppp;

(b) speak with anyone other than the members of the EB or the
applicable, while inside the polling place;
assistor, if

(c) Prepare the ballot without using the banot secrecy forder, or to
exhibit
its contents;
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(d) Fill out the ballot i

by,,,*,",0".,,"1i',""HH"j,lJ;Tlli:,T:J#thecaseorvoting
(") printing from the ballot, or put
any distinguishing mark on
[t:i:i:l
(0 use image-capturing devices
such as but not limited to digitar
cellular phones with camera, cameras,
to copy the contents of the
* otherwise make use", "ah*;;;;s
;;;;# scheme to identify his/her
i:[:r "f
(g) htentionally tear or deface the ballou or

(h) Disrupt or attempt to disrupt the

normal operations of the ACM.
sEC' 37' Preparation of Ballots
for nriterate, persons with Disability,
senior Cifizens bv an Assistor. - No and
illiterate, person w-ith disability,
r"i"r-rnr, be arowed to vote as an
o,,"r,ior.iir"rirr.l"r, such fact is indicated
in the EDCVL, or althougn ,.,ot ir.,ai.ut"a;;;"*on
EDCVL, when the dtsabltity.is with disabiliry in the
1"1giiy ,pp*"It. If so, such voter hav be
l;fi :i,ilrTfl::paration
oi the barr oi ui'*,"r't"; ;i;;;-;,;u,',li,nu
(a) Relative within the 4th civil degree of consanguinity or affinity;
(b) Person of his confidence who-
berongs to the same househord as that
the voter. For this purpose, th" pe.Jon of
who usually assists the person
with disability or the- senior citizeru ,r.l u,
caregiver, or a nurse shall be considered
a personal assistant,
as a member of the voter,s
household;

(c) Any member of the EB.

A voter with physicar impairment may be assisted

in feeding the balot into
the ACM by the EB m"mb"r. The EB *"*u"i
riurr ensure that the contents
ft:,!dJ., are not displayed during f"uJi"g into it
:f
case, this fact must be recorded in the"Minutes.
the ACM. In which

*:.p:1op-"xcept the members of the EB, may assist an

illiterate, person
with disability, or senior citizen more than tfueJ (3) times.

Lr all cases, the Porr crerk shal first verify from the
iliterate, person with
disability, or senior citizen whether said voter authorized.
a person to herp
him/her cast his/her vote. If the voter denies the authority
lf the assistor,
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any member of the EB may
assist such ilriterate, person
senior citizen. The same snau with disabilitv, or
u",;;;;l;;u r,.,r,.r.
assisting the ilriterate, person
Il"rrl"rr"" with disab,ity, or senior citizen

(u) Prepare, in their presence, the

bailot using a ballot secrecy folder;
and
(b) Bind themselves in writing and
under oath to filr out the balrot
in accordance with the i"it strictly
""tr""r "f'tie voter and not to revear its
the appropri,i.- autu Jii.i,.g',i"i.
X,"i1iilti.,,b.yn,il3f11", ""a
in the corresp*ot,fffi TifJillX'J:.Igerprint ir without a?numu,

The assistor may arso beall0wed

to vote immediately after the person
are assisting has finished they
yoting,
voter in the same polling place
pr""id;li;;tnu usrirto.l. Ii"*i"o
u", th. p..ro., t.ing urrirt"a.
sEC' 38' Location of Accessibre polring prace
in a clustered precinct shail be Io.rt"E,t - The accessible polling prace
centers, preferablv near the entrance
it"
ground floo, Jf-,h".?5;"g
of tn" U,iliaing, and i, fr"" J"L,
barriers ind provided *rif-,
llJ,r.,::] ""*r^r""r'."*i""" including assistive
The EB shall set u =uq?,rui:
"" \".1-9i"g area in said poling place for the
:Xl":iu: use of perions with disabili,y
EOs shall coordinate with the proper
LJ,"j". citizens. Accordinsly,
su.6r./, the L
J.fr""i*i",faing offi.iJ.
sEC' 39' Express Lane for persons with
Preg"nant Voters, Escorted pDL Voters,
Disab,ity, senior Citizens,
u,Ji.,aig"rous people. _ In regular
polling places, persons with. d.isabilty, ,"r,ior-liriruns,
escorted PDL, and Ip voters shalr be afforded
pregnant *J*"^,
an express ,ane and be airowed
to vote as soon as thev arrive. There shalt
indicating the location of the express ir""
be a sign inside th" p.ii;;;;""
*a
-'n" can ava, of it.
,.:libirion Againsr premature Announcemenr of Voting. _
:t^:jrj
members of the EB are orohibited from announcing The
the rolowing ?-,u,*r,
during the voring perioj:

(a) Whether a certain registered voter already

voted or no!
(b) The number of registered voters who
arready voted or failed to vote
thus far; or

(c) Any other fact tending to show or showing the

state of the polls.
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No member of the EB shall
make any statemer
""";;; ;;;;;
witness berore a except as a
;J_
"#.;il$iy"[T:,
ARTICLE VII
FORMS, DOCUMENTS, AND
SUPPLIES
SEC.41. Election Forms, Documents,
and Supplies.
A. Verification of Forms, D_ocuments,
and Supplies.,_ Within three
from receipt of the forms, documents, (3) days
and the Eo shal notifv the
u.a ,rpp.tl"r, the concerned heasurer
that the forms, documelts, an{.
p"tt,t."t;;;;fl,1,or,"r, and ctizens, arms
supplies f,rru U".r, delivered
Treasurer's office and that a
verification wilr be conducted
to the
date, time, and place. on a schedured

received, the treasurer sharr veriry

;:::Hl*:::*l$#t the accuracy,
io ^#' il ;;ilI, ;;T'**" jIiHllffixi,n,:*J:;.'ff;xi,::
forms, documents, r"a"r"]pr*, or
H.*]1y*"d any analosous
shalr report to the'Eb who shal,
;T5:ffi:;T::1"ff.:*r in turn, re-port

B. Final Tesfing u"O t"1r:lr: _

The duly designated member
obtain from the OEO the fo_rms, of the EB shall
the day scheduted for the FTS;f
documlnts, iiJ suppties in the morning of
ih; A;M;;J"r, the CitylMunicipat-Eo
s::[f lil::,T:l*:ilTJttf ;"j.Tlx]""a1a,,"'r","?"'i"li,Ie*a
C' Election Day. -
The duly-designated member of the
forms, documents, and ,.rppli", EB shair obtain the
ir., ,h"-*"*i"g of Election
an eartier date is authoriied by"i.ty Day, unless
the Co;irrr"".
Materials for Election Day is heieto uttu.n"Ju, ljeNNEx
ir.,";;;ffi;ii.:,L.
C.,
The duly authorized member of the EB
sha, carefury
and quantity of the erection forms, a".""*"1ra check the correctness
received' Said member shall sign the c"rtricate
and suppries actualry
tfuee (3) copies to be distribute"d as follows:
tr n"..rp, rl'f,r ,, N".;;;
(1) The originar shar be derivered to the City/Municipar
rreasurer
who shall transmit the same to the EO'for ,rb#rsi;l;;"
Election Records and Statistics Department (ERSD),
on Elections, httramuros, Maniia, immediately
Co**irrio.,
rf"r'if""ai""'O^y,
(2) The second (2d) copy shall be given to rhe
City/Municipal
Treasurer who shall keep the same f"or his/her flle;
ani
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(3)
bv rhe Eo who shau arso
fr1'*ir8;?:7J"::*"Tretained keep

FROM THE ELECTION

OFFICER:
(^) the PCVL dulv certiried
fl$1ffiHof by the ERB to be posted outside

(b) The EDCVL duly certified

by the ERB; and
(c) Copies of Appoinrm:r-ft
and oath of
vr office
vrlrLE of
t the EB and support
(CEF No. A5 & CEF staff
fVo. aS_a).*

;::"r11fftr;"^:: H;:5uced when Needed. - rhe rolrowing rorms may

(a) Appointment of Chairperson/poll
Clerk/ Member (CEF No. A30);
(b) of Challenge or Protest and Decision
ff;l,o** of the EB (CEF No.

(.) Oath of Voter Challenged for

Illegal Acts (CEF No. A39); and
(d) Oath to Identify a Chaltenged
Voter (CEF No. A40).

pR o cE D
jp5
uR m
i_[ffi!:
TRANSMISSION OF TTIECTNCT _I_8f *r,*"
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RESULTS
SEC.43. preliminaries to the
Voting. _ The EB shalt:
(a) Meet at the poling place piot to the opming
of polls on L2 May 2025;
(b) Ensure that the ACM box and
the baltot box are inside the polling
place;
(c) set tle.po]ti"s p11*.Strategicary arrange
1g the chairs and tabres to be
used inside the polling place in
such a walithat they are at least
meter apart from each other; one (L)

(d) As far as practi""b1"j designate at least five (5) seats

for personst".,tB,shall
with disability, citizens, and pregnant
ff:H*', "E,io,
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(e) Post one (1) copv of the pCVL
of precinct in the cluster, near or at
.each
f:1::::, ,ne poling pruc", *itr.,
Iree access to voters who are
ii";',;);':",, spread our to sive
checking ai.il;;;, in the list;
(0 Show to the watchers and the public
present that the:
(1) ACM case is sealed;

(2) box is empty and thereafter, lock

B^allot.
security seals; and
the same with plastic

(3) Package of official ballots is duiy

sealed, and thereafter, break the
seal.

(g) Break the paper seal of the ACM

case:

(1) open the ACM case and check iJ the folrowing are deposited inside:
i. The ACM;

ii. power cord with

adaptor of the ACM and battery cable;

iii. Remaining rolls of thermal paper;

iv. The three (3) personal Identification Numbers

(pINs) for
operating the ACM, the three (3) smart
cards, and ;; frl n^
for re-zeroing;

v. The checklist of the contents of the ACM

box;

vi. USB modem with SIM card and one (1) contingency SIM card;

vii. Cleaning sheet;

viii. Marking pens; and

ix. O-ne-(1) pap_er seal for ACM box (A12_B) to be used

at the end
of Election Day to close the ACM box.

(2) Retrieve the smart cards and security pINs from the ACM
case and
distribute the same among themseives. The RE_ZERO pnrf
sf,aff
remain inside the ACM case.

(3) Bring out the ACM and show to the public that the compartment
containing the main and back_up storage devices is sealed.
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(4) perform ,n.

operations in
1:y
OrERerroN pRocEDUR;s accordance with the ACM
t;aNNrI 11
SEC.44. Voting procedr
the voters p,.;;"";,h#liiX;;*ljlllowing shall be the procedure when

(a) The poil Cterk sha[:

(1) verify if the name of the

voter is in the EDCVL to estabrish
voter is assigned in that that the
poJlini pr"".. i1n'"
name is not in
:Hfi":t'.:Twoter
shair b" dH.;;; "oter,s
ii," uoo to check his/her

(2) If the voter,s name is found,-check,

fingernaits, 1o. any..indlUH" without touching the voter,
the
conclusive presumption th",
i"i.';;;#; stained, it shatl be a
,n. ,",., #eily cast his/her
such, the voter shiu.!" vote. As
informing him/her *,u
dir.;i;;;i"i#,i" poling piace after
-.urroiln."r;;;.";d, fact, inctuding the
of the voter, Juir uu,u.o,ded
e?ff,T$ji;,111:T" by tne_pou

(3) If the fingernail is not st ained, establish the identity

through the following: of the voter

1 photograph or specimen signature

Yt*r.,r in the EDCVL. Lr
1as3 .the identity
of the voter carinot be deiermined with
certainty in the EDCVL,.the EB *"t ;;;;the
present any valid identification voter to
_ao."*u-"l, ")cept
certificate or community tax certificate; barangay
or
ii. In the absence of any of the above_mentioned
any member proof of identity,
of EB or any registered oi..,ii"
precinct/clustered .the
precinct may ldenti$ "o,*-
and such fact shall Le reflected in
under oath
-#in,rt"r. the voter,
tf,"
(4) If satisfied with the voter,s identity, distinctiy announce the name
of the voter in a tone to.,a
polling place; "r,oriir a-i" f,"rra throughout the
(5) If the voter is not.challenged or having
been chailenged, the
question has been dec_ided ir, hir7h",
fav"or, require the voter to
sign in the EDCVL. In case of ij[terate
,ro,"., o, persons with
disability who cannot sigrL require said voters
to affix their thumb
marks in the EDCVL;
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(6) Thereafter, direct the voter

to the Chairperson; and
(7) h case the identity of the voter was
under the foregoing ,ut"., not sufficientry estabrished
* iurril-,
**
q u es ti on
g#,;ffii n"? h.:i j,:: li:fl
a Lia
"?, ,?,*
reave the polling place
i*"."{r"i nr*7nu. the
i?l Jl:*
reason thereof.
This fact, incrudlngthe
recorded by the poll Clerk"ril;ffi;6precinct
in tf,. Ui",jt"r.
of the voter, sha, be

(b) The Chairperson, in turru

shall:
(1) Authenticate by affixing. his/her signature
-,luat.b.?llol
designated space the froni at the
ui,".,
"iil_,i
Fairure to authenticate the
barot sha, not inaaridate it
an election offense. but sha, consfitute

(2) Show to the voter that the

baltot being given is not torn
smudged, and has not yet been or
fiii"a_""q
(3) Place such ballot inside the
ballot secrecy folder;
(4) Give the ballot secrecy folder
containing thelallot and the
with rhe instruction tiat the ruuot marking
ffi:j:jliJ:ter .nuiiul r"pt
thumbprrni-1a.#Hft'ffi Tl1*T?:f '' " / ta i; r-*
sm u d ge s

onry one (1) barlot shan be issued to

a single ooter by the Chairperson,
except in the BAKMM area where
each oo,tir u:iil ;re;;;,
i;; ff;:":r,
(5) L:rstruct the voter how to fill_out
the bailot properly; and
(6) Direct the voter to f.r-out the balrot
in the designated voting area.
SEC. 45. Manner of Voting. _

(a) The Chairperson shall instruct the voter

to:

(1) Use a ballot secrecy folder and the marking

pen provided by the
Commission;

(2) Accomplish the ba,ot by

fulty shading the circreappearing before
the names of their chosen-candidites and the.orgujrrC;,
participating in the party-list system of representation;
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(3) Feed the accomplished
ballot in the A CM's ballot entry
t t" tttu p.ir',t".dWpA1, slot then

they shailfeed the two (2)

iil:tYroters, battots one at a time
in

(4) Deposit the WpAT in

the WpAT receptacle;
and
O) balot secrecy folder and the
l""Hillle marking pen to the EB third
(b) The EB thtd member shalr position
himself/herself beside the
;'ifl"#,i:l:,,:t*'# "d ih;;;;;ff;"" ACM
enough to uu uir" to

(1) Ensure that the ballot is successfully

printed and deposited by deposited, and the WpAT
th" is
";i;;'i";h"."raoo, receptacle;
(2) Collect from the voter the ballot
secrecy folder and marking
pen;
(3) Apply indelible ink to the voter,s
right rwrc'D$€r nail or any
naii ii there b".o io..firrg*;;tt;;;?" forefi other

(4) Advise the voter to leave the

polling place.
(c) In case an oblection is raised
ay the voter -rr the results reflected
WPAT, the Third Member shall: ---- on in the

(1) rnstruct the voter to a{fix his/her

signature at the back of the
WPAT and to.hold o"to th.'VfffXT
Chairperson;
for submission to the
aad

(2) Direct the voter to the Chairperson.

(d) The Chairperson sha, instruct

the po, Clerk to note the specific
objection in the Minutes and to attach the contested
Minutes (copy for the ballot box). wpAT to the

Filing of frivolous objections shall

constitute an election offense
punishable under the Omnibus Et""Uon Clae (OEC).
the EB is allowed to admiaister For this purpose,
"r,hr:; ii",
falsification or perjury charges *"/U"1if"i.
- U,nu protest i, friro.torrr,
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o1 Orrurrlrru

il?iLl?.lXilllll:l': u*'"'ure' - Balots mav be rejected

here are four (4) different,vp"r;;;;;I#
t by the ACM
ecvr?.p.t, ;b"x& *'i* ,n"
(a) Misread Bajlot _
When a ballot has not be

,fi :,""x jH j,:,i*r,i;;.;i;1ilT',"J.::

j:ffi ili::i"Til,:T,ffi
(o)
l:.":"r.:'"?r1";H:l':t -
\A/hen a bailot with the
same barrot iD number

(c) Invalid Ballot _ When

the ballot is not config-ured
to the ACM; and
(d) Fake Ballot _ when
security markings are not
present in the ballot.

the voter shau return the

l^:["T:'::*i"'|flIi'i"'ted, barlot to the

(1) Distinctly mark the

back thereof as ,,RE1ECTED,,;

(2) Require all members

of the EB to sign at the back
thereof; and
(3) Place the rejected balrot
inside the Enverope for Rejected
Ba110ts.
No replacement barot shall be
issued to a voter whose barot
the ACM, except if the rejecrion is rejected by
voter. In the latter case. ths
.iii" urri* i. not due to the fault of the
69 sh"n ,;-.;;;r.,"tne rulectua
"REIECTED WITH REPLACEMENT.' ballot the words

Any party objecting to the.rejection

of the ba,ot sha, reduce his
writing, which thetB rrrr, itt".n obfection in
for the baltot box and one
i"^# #il
" the Minutes lone [r] copy
."py;;.,h"
f1f il):
sEC' 47' Closing of pors;-Counting
Printing of Reports, WPAT A;dttvotes and Transmission of Resurts;
of
Procedure' - After the voters huve
,"J
ifrrrU"g Down the ACMs;
cast'th"i, u"rr.*, the EB shall ensure
the IP-SVR, pDL_Spp, andppp that
EB shall then ciose the voting
ba,oir,;;;
h^;e been fed in the ACM. The
by,f:ii."Tdil
ACM OprnarroN pRocEDunrs-1,;4115161 g-,, --rp.o."drru, provided in the

After printing ail the thirty (30) copies

of the ERs and all reports, and before
performing the back-up piol"a*",
,h. EB ,h"ii;erform the fo[owing:
(r) Open the WPAT receptacle and retrieve
all WpATs;
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(b) Manually count the wpAT incruding the contested wpAT attached
the Minutes, if any, and record the to
J;il;" Minutes;
(.) Perform the WpAT audit procedure
completely as laid down in the
ACM OrrnarroN pnocrounrs (,,ANNEX
d,];
(d) Remove the main storage device from
the ACM and place it inside the
envelope (A1g-B). The EB shall also indicate
clustered precinct numb.er, barangay,
on the envelope the
*J.iiy7 -.rr.,icipality/ province.
Th e B ackup st o r a g e dea i c e s h all
*
io i U i*io, d o m th e ACM, an il th e
co,er of the ACM,s storage deoice compartmeni fr
shall rr*^i"ir:;i-;;;
(e) Place the initiarization report, precinct
statisticar report,
WPAT Audit Report in inet.o.rurpor,airrj envelopes audit rogs, and
(A1S_C to A1g_
E);

(0 Shut down the ACM in accordance with

the ACM OpERATToN
PRocEDUREs (,,ANNEX 8,,);

(g) Disconnect the following:

(1) Power cable of the ACM from the electrical

outlef
(2) Banery from the ACM;

(3) Battery cables from the battery; and

(4) Power cable from the ACM.

(h) Place the smart cards and pINs to the ACM

case;

(i) Place the battery inside the ACM box;

(,) Place the power cord and the battery cabr.es inside
the ACM case;

(k) Close the ACM case then place it in the ACM box and cover
the baliot
box with packaging tape by wrapping the tape around the cover
and
extending it to the upper part of the birl0t boi. tne EB sha[ affix
their
signatures on the tape and require the watchers present to also affix
their signatures; and

0) Turn over the ACM box, including all other AES-related equipment to
the concemed Eo for verification using the same checkrist pioria"a to,
the purpose. In case there are lacking iiems in the checklist, the EB shall
be required to produce the same, otlierwise, they shalr be herd liabre for
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cost, without prejudice to the
:Hl:}."*'ent filing of appropriate

ARTICLE IX
PRIORITY POLLING PLACE (PPP)
VOTING
sEC' 4g' voters in ppps-and s-ppps.
- The folrowing voters may choose
vote in the ppp/S_ppp (Satellite_pri"rirfn"fii"g Lr,\,ure to
pf".El,
(a) senior Citizens and pelsonlyith
Disab,ity voters who did not manifest
their intent to vote in the App i"
th;i;;;l, registration form;
(b) Persons with Disab,ity voters
who fa,ed to update their registration
records during the coniinuing regiskationot
voters;
(.) Voters who O".u*:^lt:?Oled, temporarily
or permanently, after the
continuing registration of voters
u.a
".ra"a;
(d) Pregnant voters.

SEC. 49. PPP/S-PPP SUrrP^Ort StAff

(SS) ANd AidCS. - IN CVCry
be ppp/s-ppi, srppo.t sr"ff
PPP/S-PPP,
ff;:f,, il;;;
allocated inthe foirowing

A PPP/S-PPP Support Staff:

N o. of Registered Voters
who are Persons with
No. of PPPs or S. Total No. of Allowed
Disabilities or Senior
PPPs Established PPP / S.PPP
Citizens (excluding those
Support Staff
re istered in APps
1 - 1,500 1 2
1,501 - 2,500 2 4
2,501 - 3,s00 J 6
3,501 - 4,500 4 B
4,501 - s,500 5 10
5,501 - 6,s00 6 12
6,501, - 7,500 7 14
7,501 - 8,500 8 1.6

B. PPP Aides:

N o. of Clustered PrecincUs in a Total No. of Atlowed ppp/S-ppp

Votin Center Aides
1-10 1
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11. - 20
2
21-30
J
37-40
4
and so forth following the
same ratio

SS and ppp Aide shatl

be under the supervision of
H"rJUOrt-Upp the

sEC' 50' preliminaries to voting

at the ppp- - one of the ppp
shall explain to the voters *no support staff
.T_roor" io lr,',nu ppp that/of:
"o*
(a) They have the option to vote in
their regular precincts or in the ppp;
(b) There is a difference in the voting
procedures in the ppp and in
regular polling place; the

(t) They have to comoly,with the

requirement to submit the waiver
Authorizarion roii kr;;;;;"hn/pagpapaubaya) for the
and
lcawaa
"g rrom
purpose of securing_their bariots
the EB Chairperson of their
clustered precincts.'Th" Wuirr",
u.,Jartf,o.irution Form (Gawad ng
Kap ahin tulu t an/p agp ap aub ay a) is hereto
as,,ANNEX D;,,
"*.i"a
(d) The estimated waitir
maywaituntu",,,*f, ,,,il;ilif ,16r*:*iTf Iy,i:T,*.JL*ji;
the PPp before obtaining the ballots
h"*,f.t"i. regular precincts;
(e) The absence of an Automated Counting
MacNne (ACM) in the ppp;
(0 The bartots w,l be returned to the EB
Chairperson of the crustered
precincts where they_are registered
and that their balots wilt be fed to
the ACM by the EB Chairpe"rson; and

(g) Such other relevant information.

sEC' 5L. Remuneration and other Benefits.-

The ppp/s-ppp ss shalr have
the same honoraria and benefits ,, ,h. ;-"g"1;;
EB SS mentioned in the
provision for honoraria and allowancu,
Resolution.
u, !,ut"a in section ii-i;t;;*
Elecrion Forms, Documents, arrd Supplies
:19J2 Except when authorized to ao .o .'uifi", by
for Voting in ppps and
I^|Pt. :
PPP SS/S-PPP SS shall obtain theJollowingforrns,
the Coirmi;;;; ,h"
do.r*.rrtr, ;;;;;;",
early in the morning of erectiorL day. The iist
oi eiection forms, documents,
and supplies is hereto attached u, , ANNEX f.li
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Transmission oy Orrfrlrr

FROM THE ELECTION

OFFICER:

(1) One (1) copy of the btank

EDCVL for ppps/S_ppps;
and
Q) !n3^tl3nr of the
L.E ppp
-r r..r_ voter
vurer Tumout.
lurnout Form (,ANNEX F,,)
and S_ppp. per ppp

The PPP support staff shall,carefury

documents, and supplies, check the.diJferent election
and the q""1rnli", i.iually forms,
received.

Hours. - on election
,tt"fi,i"';Hi1?*ll.l"T".s day, voting in the ppps
arternoonffi
in the morning
;'n;),;"il[T"!!.:tilit'"9;l*ylr:;,ii**1t,TiH
(7:00AM) ro rr.,".'u y.io;u^*;"
afrernoon (3:00 pM).
SEC. 54. Assistor privilege. _
The Assistor, except the ppp/S_ppp
be a'owed ro vote in the-ppp/s ppp SS, shall
day, provided that he/sh" f,l"grr.*.;'r"; ;h"; h./she is assisting on erection
accomplishes the requirea polling place and
w"i;il;J A;.ill*:Tt
Kap ahintulu tan/p agp oi
iua oyr)1,,oti*fiii* "'o"'ution Form (G aw ad ng
SEC. 55. ppp Election Day
Computerized Voters, List (ppp_EDCVL).
facilitate the identificatio.,
or p".r""r-*],n
"rirrorrra, _ To
voters who mav oossibry and senior iitirur,
where they belone and w"here
*r,-"iin" noo Il',n"
precinct/po,ing place
tne baii",.fr"if il. ooru_"a
PPP shall be provided with and retumed, the
a separat;;cri a, registered persons with
Disability and senior citizen vo'ter;;i";i"il;;ose"f registered in the Apps.

:Iq:s6. S-ppp EDCVL. _ The S_ppps

EDCVL shalr be
or att vote.s usli"..n"ln].11-""::i[::
ptvided with a separate
shalrprovide.h;l;;;#;f, :3,*r"::T:H"{i:t'""hBT:;:illi1;.
rus-npp' - rhe rorrowins
il?.i,1;"I:#r':ffi:*:r;1n1ffi votins

A. The Ppp Support Staff 1 shall:

(1) Inspect the fingernails of the persons

Citizens, or pregnant
with Disabilitp Senior
Voters for
the ppp' An Assistor who a-lso
;, m stain upon their arrival at
vote in the ppp sha, arso
have his/her fingernails ",-,"iarr"
ioffi
"f,u.tuJ ink stain;
(2) Require the presentation of a persons
with Disab.ity ID Card or
any other document as proof of
such drr"uiiuy i", .. ^--. -.-l
manifest disability, which is not specified ";J#;i;"
t , in" EOCVU
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(3) Explain to the voter/s the procedures

of voting in the ppp;
(4) After establishing the voter,s identity,
ask him/her to sign his/her
name in the togbook if helshe
opt, #,;;-;
the ppp;
(5) Should the voter be accompanied
labter is qualified as such;
v/ ..r
--- by an Assistor,
^-; ensure that the
;J
(5) Provide the voter with a waiver
and Authorization Form (Garnad
ng Kapahintututan/pagpapaubovr)
is accurately filled ouq
(aNN;i o"y ur,a ensure that it

A The PPp Support Staff 2 shall:

(1) Verify the identitv of the voter

ID Card presented,_to"k fo, hi;ii;; EDcw or through his/her
in the
number in the EDCVL, and indicat.
ilri", pr,oto, and precinct
Waiver and -lJ ,uif^i.".irrct number
Authorization
in the
Kapahintulutanfiagpapaubaya)(,ANNEx (Gawad ng
D,)
(2) In case of doubt on the.identity of the voter, he/she
the voter to present a valid proof shall require
of identity-or allow any registered
voter to identify him/her under oath;
and,
(3) Hand over the Waiver and Authorization
Form (Gawad nq
K ap ahin.t u I u t nn/p a gp
a.p au b aya) ( " e r.rxni
to the clustered precinct inwhiih tne
O,,j ;; ilAt #,
::r;":fr
voter is registered to vote.
C. The PPP Aide shall:

(1) Proceed to the crustered precinct of

the voter to obtain the barou

(2) He4.Sh: may opt to wait until a minimum

of ten (10) voters have
availed themseives of the ppp before obtaining,,f,r.
provided, however, that no voter shall be Urii"i.,
made to wait for an
unreasonable length of timei and

(3) Upon reaching the clustered precinct, turn over

the Waiver and
Authorization Form (Gawai ng Kapahintut"n
lergpopouAoyrs
('ANNEX D,,) and the ID card- or"any other do.rr*u.i'p."r";;;;
for identi-fication purposes , rt any, to in" gn Chairperson'arrrg";;
in the clustered precinct.
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D Chairperson of the Clustered precinct

IP !-B
PPP Voters are obtained
where the ballots of the
from shall:

(1) Upon.receipt of the Waiver and

Authorization Form (Gawad
Kapahintutu.tan/pagpapaubaya) w
any other document presented'for
(,ANffii of ""a
,il il;; ;X
ldentificaUon prrrpo;;r,; ;;
check the name, signature, and photo
of ttre voter in the EDCW;
(2) The EB Chairperson shall prioritize
all ballot requests from the ppp
except in cases where th ere are
with Disabili ty, Senior
Persons
Citizens, or pre gnant Voters who are
simultaneou sly in the
clustered precinct, in which case
the EB Chairperson shall
accommodate th em alternately;

(3) After the voter's identity has been varidated,

note in the Minutes of
Voting (Minutes) his/her,,u*., pr".iri.llr*U"r,
and the serial
number of the ballot given to the aiau. fn. Waiver
Authorization Form and
y_piinrulutan/pagpapaubaya)
(Caw.ad
"g
("ANNEX D,,) shall be anached aoitu-tfiir,,r,"r,

(4) Insert the ballot in the.envelope provided

by the Aide and write at
the back thereof the clusterei pi".i".1
,,*ber
whom the ballot is obtained. Tf," ti*"-tn" of the voter/s for
obtained from the oolring prace u"a
ballot/s was/were
tn" of barots obtained
shall be recorded i. tt,e lZir.,rter. E""l;;;""^uer
seal provirted by the Aide and ,..o.a
il" envelope with a paper
in tn. Minutes the serial
number of the paper seal;

(S) same envelope may be used for the

1ng subsequent issuance of
ballots,
provided the above pro"udrr., ,hail be
followed; and
(6) If the ballot cannot be issued for any reason
that is
control of the EB, the EB Chairperson sha1l authorir"beyond the
Member or poil Clerk to go to the ppp anJ explain
ti. if,ira
to the voter the
reason for the non-issuanie of the ballot.
This fact shalt bu ru.*i;
in the Minutes of the clusterecl precinct and logbook ppp.
of tf,e
E Upon receipt of the ballots from the Aide, arry
of the ppp Support Staff
shall:

(1) the envelope and break the paper sear to extract

Iypr:t
therefrom;
the balots

(2) Check the ballots to ensure that they have not been
firled out,
marked, mutilated, or otherwise rendered unusable;
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(3) Enter in the roebook,the conditions

of the enverope, seriar number
of the paper se"al, and aetails
oil]re-#;;r;'
(4) Issue the ballot, marking
pery and ballot secrecy folder
to the voter;
(5) After the voters have acco
mplished the ballot, lnsert them
envelopes per clustered precrnct in
erson of said cluste
for submis sron to the EB
red precinct where the accom
b aliots were obtained. The plished
PPP Support Staff s hali safely
accomplished ballots ens urmg k eep the
the securi ty and sanctity thereof,
until the close of voting in the PPP;

(6) Instruct the voter to sign

the EDCVL and impress his/her
thumbprint therein. App"ly indelibr" ir*"-
forefinger nail or any othe, nail the voter,s risht
tf iil; tu-r,o for"firlger nail,
any other suitable part of th" or-in
fingemails; and if
";l;-;oay, there are no
(7) Inform the voter that his/her voting
is compreted and request the
voter to leave the ppp.

SEC. 58. Procedures before

Closing of ppp and S_ppp. _ Before
members of the ppp/s-ppp suppoit closinq, all
si"ri rr."rrl"intry accomprish andlign
the PPp Voter Turnou t Form (,iilGilb
accuracy of the entries in the logboot
u# Jr,rrr" the completeness and
of tir" nnfrTS-nnn

one (1) PPP voter Tumout Form ("ANNEX

I$)"r:[x'i'" F,,) submited per

The PPP Voter Turnout_Form ("ANNEX

F,,) and logbook shall be tumed
over to the concerned EO.

SEC. 59. Procedures After Clo-sing of ppp/S_ppp. _ Once the ppp/S_ppp

closed, the Support Staff sha, ,Jrf is
tf,u i"".tp", p", clustered precinct
containing the-accomplished ballots.
Thereaftei the Aide shall deliver the
to the EB cnai,pe,so.,s of the crustere;;,;:"
;T:::?ff;|:t:x:,"r*
The exact time of the crosing of the ppp/s-ppp,
the seriar number of the
paper seals per enveiope, and the time
of ihe receipt or tn" uv in"
EB Chairpersons sha, be entered h the ".ruuiof",
Minutes and thereafter, the Aide/s
shall affix their signatures thereto.

Upon delivery, the EB Cha irperson shall then

inspect the conditions of the
envelopes and ballots with due care to preserve
the sanctity and secrecy of
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the barrot' compare the number
of barots received with the number
Wa iver and Authorizarion of
Forms C;; ;;'; ;Ap ahin t.u lu t an/p a gp ap aub ay a)
ff )lll##,,flJ","#i V, *ili,.d ;;',n'ur*)'.u"o. a in the NZin u tes the
ba r 1

the number
o rs,,".i" i,^ g,i.
of
;i*r+ l,T "r;Ifi ;.,; :;t*if,"A;;;i"" .

Kapahintulutan/P aspaoaub.aya
Walver.
..and Ail;;;"" .r"il- ".Xnirr
1'aNNii"d;jrlli.o"o. in the Minutes, i.f any.
Iff J,T":;lH::t*",r.:rilH:::*?,,iin'.'ilr",,r."_ii"aia*"i*nn,,
Before actua'y feeding the
barots to the ACM, the EB Chairperson
announce such action in the shalr
polling plu.u. Ti;;;;fter, he/she
in the presenceG the other members shall feed the
::IT:ffHACM of the EB, Aide/s,

The Aide/s may, thereafte ,"1y"

the clustered precinct and return
PPP Support Staff to re port 1l to the
trme ot actual receipt of the
rson of the clustere ajrne ballots by the EB
precmct tor recording in the
Minutes.
SEC. 60. Early Close of Voting in the S_ppp. _ In case all the voters expected
to vote in the S-ppp have alreidy.urt tt*ir rrotu,
for S-ppp, the S-ppp sS and b"i;;.h;;";r"O ,ffi",
unanimous agreement, may declure ;"ii;;#;J"#.n"r"
are any present, by
.-for"l, voting therein.
"urff
In case a voter arrived O,"ror.,.O the voting
hours in the ppp, the provisions
on accorrnodating said voters as p.iria.J-ro,
Resolution shall beipplicable. *
s".ir"" ln"oi',,"nr,

ARTICLE X
PERSONS DEPRIVED OFLIBERTY
(PDL) VOTING
SEC. 61. Venue of the pDL_Spp. _.The pDl_Special polling
place (Spp) shall
be estabtished in
an area_ inside th".11rl1qif) d
;"r;I; j#",
enough to accommodate at least ten (i0) pDi;,oiu., ";.;ili
at a given time.
The physical setup of regular polling
places shall apply to the pDL_Spp.

SEC. 62. Who are Allowed to Vote in

the pDL_Spp. _ Only pDL voters
yhT:lT"s appear in the pDL_EDCVL..i por_pcvri*.y1.i"'i.
the PDL-SPP.

SEC. 63. Released pDL Voters. _ A pDL

voter inclucled in the pDL_EDCVL
but released before election day shall U. ,ff"*"a
polling place where his/her p...irr.t is assigned.
to vote in A;;;;i*
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The EB Chairperson of
the regurar porling place
shall request ior his/h.er where he/she w,r vore
Transfer' Judgement witn 9*1i?."t"?;;:"il;.g., Court order, order of
o'au, o?it""u"*y, other sim,ar document
as proof of his/her
rerease ,"a u*"J "."r"y
issue the ballot to him/her. rhe EB Chairperson sha,
,.r... "i"#t.n,
Jr"_ *. i..
sha, annotate in the ED cv,.,
the document and the name
;; ;; ; ;#ti:::,T:ff if:T:i::}
;?"
of the ,iniorl*rrlisued
and signed the same.
sEC' 64' powers and Functions
of the sEB-pDL. - The sEB-pDL
the same powers and functions shall have
as the EB.

of PDL-SS. _ The pDL_SS shal

ii?,j[,.""ctions have the following

(a) Collect the ballots of

the pDL voters from the EB nf +h6
,r,u"oti" j"u"1!.-.*r,",.,r,"y-u;ri;#I;Ti:,iii["d:fffi
-^r,;- ^ _-,,

,-
(b) Bring the collected ballots
to the pDL_Spp; and
(c) Retum the accomoiished
barots to the EB of the regurar
where the same ballots- *"." polring prace
,utu^- o.r"l."
--' " o"ror" six o, ciock in the
evening (6:00 p.M.) on election
a"y.
sEC' 66' Functions of the uniformed personnel.
one (1) uniformed personnet - Every pDl-ss sha, have
*h" ;i;u;;;;*ythem, as fouows:
(a) From the pDL-Spp to the voting
center to get the bailots;
(b) center back to the pDL-Spp to
#ffiBivoting detiver the bauots to the

(") pDL_Spp to the

voting center to detiver the accomplished
ilir1.:n"
The uniformed personner shari
not enter the poring place from where
:li:H :, ffi ;#
;*:: :.:il:"{t$ #;#;,s
s rr a r r uu .",,.,'u I
oi
the
*y
In case there is insufficiency of
uniformed personner, additionar security
forces shalt be assisned uy j1"
cru"i of provincial Jails,
Director General of"Sucoi, Head of pNp "iijilri)**o"ns
Crri"airf Facilities, o, any of their
;Hl_"i:r"o
representatives to au,ment the securiii
;;; .#,ilT"
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SEC. 67. proceedings of
the SEB_pDL. _ The proceedings
ld in -i"
shall be public and [aJr"
the i"^i :*-,'lu
pDL-Spp designated of the sEB-PDL
by the Commission.
SEC. 68. Honoraria of rheSEB_pDL
and pDL_SS. _ The SEB_pDL
and PDL-SS sha' be enfitred Members
;;;;il*ururo.,
t" th. and other benefits
i:J"?,#:"ers
and s"ppo,i-siJiffiffi:. in section 13 (a) of this

SEC. 69. Official Watchers

Representatives, and
of Candidates, political parties,
cr""pr.':;; Media
9*,..
candidates, political oarties, provisions on
*"aiu rif.ur""i"i*"r, ancl other watchers of
the provision on watctrers groups under
A"#;iii:?tflil_n.rorrtion
subject to security ,"q"iru-;lr,tr'o, sh-a, h'rein be
:Ifr,J::'", ,r,u jail facility/detenrion

The above-mentioned
enrgr.ced *-'-ra"",r," "i"fl?ff,,il11"fi:J.all the securitv measures
estabrisheduv*reconlmi',io".iJ.rii;ilil:lT:
center sha' submit a security j#?^.1[i;i*"jil';
piu" roi JJ.;i"" day to their respective
Election officersof the districiTir.y/rr.r**ui,ry, *n,"n
sha, coniror
*u ;" *"' the
*:.,ifrll,'"'i :: : ""ot'{ it ere ctions insi d e s u ch j ail
":*1.
SEC. 70. Documentatio_rr_Td
Communication Devices Allowed
-
sPP. watchers, sEB-pDL in pDL-
M"d;];i:ss, cHR representatives,
monitoring_
groups, accredited cirizens, arms,
T::1],*.. of the Commission
representatives and
sr,at ue ato*ed to bring cameras,
cellular phones, laptoos, and the
f*u irrslaltfle pDL_Spp, provided
these devices u." to bu ,rr"a that
communication purposes. "*.f,rrirJy-i*'oifr.ruf documentation and

Taking photographs and/or videos

identities andf or undury
of the pDL Voters, showins their
in"* to'tr-,"'pruri. in vioration-of the
Act and iL "*po"ir,g
t*ptu-"u''tL'g ir"i.' ;"a
i,1TrI;::1" n"grruti.;r"r;;ii;"
SEC. Z. Election Forms, Documents,
and Supplies for pDL Votine. _
Except when authorized.to a" r"
ui*,r-,""-c"*ssiory the spn-pyot_
Members shall obtain th3, folp+"r.ii".
a"."_l*, and supplies early in the
rist or tne ro,ms-, aocumenis, and
il::H?::fl:.::)"111#e suppries is

FROM THE ELECTION OFFICER

(1) One (1) copy of the pDL_EDCVL; and

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(2)One (1) copy of the pDL

Voter Tumout Form (,ANNEX
F_1)
The sEB-pDL shall carefulry
check
and supplies, and the, quantitiesthe different erection forms, documents,
everything is in order. they actually ,..uiu"a. AJter
sha, ;*l finding that
(3) copies, the orieinal C.,{Oi=ite of Receipt (ar<)
*ni.r, in_three
,"^r.,r,] il';#L"d
"r to the Eo, who sha,
I1#ffiftT::"ff ntramuros, Manita, immeaiateiy
Er""tio., n""J.i, Lj JJ",,,rics Deparrment 6nso;
duy. ift;;;il'",1"""r""
sEC'72' Forms to be Reproduced
when Needed. - The provisions
undir section 4l-;i';;=i"solution on forms
lir',,1"*:"tuced shau herein be

SEC. 73. Date and Time pDI Voting. _ pDL

of Voting
on L2 May 2025. The shall take place
in tfre foi_Epp rf,"ff be from
in the morning (7:00"::Tg
Ayr)'t9 rhr";;;.i;; ," * seven o, ctock
only. This is to ensure tnlt afternoon (3:00 pM)
p" SEi pUi S'irnil nu,ru sufficient
retum the accomplished hallot, time to
originated before the close
;-rh;";ti.g .entuo-;;;;;"y
of voting h";;; or,"ut".tion
auy.
In case alr the expected pDL
voters arready voted before
the afternoon (2:00 ptw),.th" two clock in
SEB_p;;;;;t ;r" the voring ino,the pDL_
A?;.ilffi;:lTf il',Tffi '"J'""t'ol"o"''ll."r"'*"or,o.ti,,!r*"r'-ioo
sEC' 74' preriminaries to pDL
voting. - The foll0wing procedure
observed for pDL Voting on
election iay,
'"" sha, be

A. At the pDL-Spp:

(1) The SEB_PDL Members and aII

the pDL_SS shall meet at the pDL_
SPp at five o, i" thu mo.oirrg (LOO a.Vf.y
{1t
and shall submit themseives to
uU tn-" lu"rrrity measures";;h.;;;;"y
in the jail facility/detention center; enforcecl

(2) The sEB-pDL Members shall give

to the pDl-ss the enveropes
with one (1) paper sear for each"crust..uj
in the voting center;
pruJrr.i;il fii;:iJ"
(3) Upon-receipt ot.rl,u:*la, envelopes
and paper seals, the PDL_SS
shall reave the jail faciiity/deteniion
center with the uniformed
personnel to go to tfr" .rotir,g ."r,rt..lJ'.oUect
the ballots for the
PDL voters;
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(4) Wh.ile waiting for the return

of the pDl-ss, the sEB-pDL
shait prepare theTDL_Spp by Members
with the following:
;;;g that it wil be provided

i' A tabre where the enveropes for the

accomprished barl0ts
be placed; and w,r

ii. At least ten (10) chairs or voting booths

where pDL voters can
accomplish their ballots.

(5) The sEB-pDL sharl post the pCVL-pDL

in a visibre area in pDL_
Spp; and

(6) Upon arrivai of the PDL_SS in the pDL_Spp, the

Chairperson sh.all, in the pr"r"r,." of SEB_PDL
ihu other sEB_pDL Members,
open the envelope/s and count the
ballots i.rid;. Th;;i"r"
arrival, name of- voting center, clustered ",
precinct, number of
ballots, and seriai .r*b-* of tfre pape,
seal/s of the envelope/s
received shalt be entered in the'Minut";-t,
Clerk.
,n.:;r_ijri?,,
B. At the Regular polling place in the Voting
Center:
(1) Before the start.of voting in the regular
poling place, the EB
Chairperson shalr count lr'ra r"gr"grtu
the barlots arocated for
PDL voters in the presence of the-othir
members of the EB and the
watchers using the PDL-EDCVL and pCVL
as reference;

(2) The EB CfrairnS_r;on shall, using the PDL_EDCVL

as reference,
annotate the pDL,s names in tnJrpCVf
with,,pDL V;;l-il"
ballots shal then be set aside to await the arrival
of the pDl-ss;
(3) Upon the arrival of the pDL_SS, the EB Chairperson
shall insert
the prepared ballot/s in the envelope brought
ty tn" POU-SS ,.a
seal the envelope tsing the papei seal ri
frdZrl", p"*;;il.
Thereafter, the EB Members shali affix their t rtdrh;riil;;;.
seal and turn over the sealed envelopes to
the pDL_SS;
, '
ud
(a) The EB Poll Crerk shalr write in the Minutes the
name of the pDL-
SS, the number of ballots issued, the serial
number of tf,e pape.
seal of the envelope, and the time the ballots *"r"
*r""J
the PDL-SS. The pDL_SS shall affix his/her signature in
oi"il
the
Minutes and leave the polling place immediately, alcompanied
the uniformed personner tJdehver the barois
iy
Chairperson at the pDL_Spp.
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giving preferur,.J to :i1.".[:i:i?lJ:,'r,,-rhesEB-pDLsharl

i+!iiilili,::;i.",!:'"1ff Citize;:,;;;;r*llots inthe PDL-spp while
senior r Lrr\.,rts
voters, and shall observe with Disabilify, and pDL
tf.," folfowing.

(a) SEB-pDL poll

Clerk shall assist the pDL
in the pcvL_pDL and determining ,:,r"r in finding his/her
votr
number; - - ;;';;""'":::,.-:r: name
his/her precinct and sequence

*, veriry ir the name or the pDL

lt"oltl_IBl#][:H- "al voter is in

tr**;{.,,ffi ji*i:$,:?r.,"#iij:q,ffi:+rxill;
ff :::', ;:' ?:nl i"J::::;i#,1r eHE* *l?lJ*.m
representative/s mayrit"*jru
" or his/her
using officiar' .""ord, the pDL voter
"*rr#'in"^,omnistrator
identiricarion shalr be
ir.,"-l"ri'ir"#i:T,r.of
"r oath,a]ri
under ;#JJff:il:,"n;r:".:l* ,".n
A PDL voter belonging to the
same precinct identifying
voter shall be alowld,""
ia"",iry another pDL
"r,ri;;j.;."."
(3) times.
G) Before giving the ba'ot to the pDL
voter, the sEB-pDL chairperson

(1) Check if ani/ of thl.fTigernails

of the pDL voter has already
stained with indetibt:.* been
presumption that he/she
,r .;;;:; ,nu,, ou a conirusive
f,u, utruujy'rroted. As such,
voter shall be directed. to the pDL
teave t-# pii_Spp after
him/her of the reason thereof. in_formins
the precinct of the pDL
n Jil.r,"fr,"fuding the nr*u *j
Poll Clerk in the Minutes;
,;,o ,l;il itllj'.4"4 by the sEB_pDL

(2) After verifying that no fingernail

has been stained, instruct
PDL voter to affix his/her the
J€nai;ffi t" ora_rrara,
(3) Authenticate ,n. O:,]::.,by
"{iiirrg
designated space in front thereor. his/her signature at the
r'aiiure t"J urrtnu.ti"ute the balrot
invalidate the same b;;:H;;"stitute
:?rX'i#t an erection

(4) Instruct the pDL vo ter on how

to accomplish the ballot properly;
and
(5) Insert the banot in the secrecy
forder in such a manner that its
face
 Resolution No.
2025 NLBPE Griliilrt u"uonsfor Voting, Counting, Page 44 of 54
& Transmission of Resu hs

rscovered' except the portion

where his/her signature
appears, and give the in the ball0t
ballot to the pDL voter.

Only the SEI_p,pi C.hairperson

shall issue the ballots,
more than one (1) balrot
siar ue rrrr.a at one time exceptand not
BARMM area where t*"
(r["j;t"stall in the
be given.

*I_"orers who Are rniterare, senior

iff;]!#iilt:::Jff ,?. _ The following pDLs citizens, or
pDL Member, *uy fu urririJi 0,, ilrLrn_
(a) Iliterate' senior Citizens,-or persons
of preparing or accomplishi"g with Disability who are incapabre
th;;;;it"t, independently and thelame
is indicated in the pDi_EDCff; -'-

(b) Even if it is not indicated

in the pDL-EDCW but it
that the pDL voter is incapable is evident or manifest
r.**pfirhing his/her ballots
independentty, or that "i
hir/#;;;;tirii, upp*"r,r.
Members may assist more than
'EB-PDL senior citizens,
illiterate, three (3) pDL voters who
or persons with disability. are

sEC' Searing of the. Envelopes per

77 '
Crustered precinct for pDL
voting.
p i,,,",.
i'T:ilf a
;,f.t;:i#"Hr1i3rt ffi::
Members and watchersarrperson
:l -'^ shall, in the
presence
precinct
of tfre
nu,,e urre aay
ottrer iEn_iOL

(a) Count the unused ballots, if there

are any, and record in the
quantity thereof indicating therein Minutes
tn"-dr"L.t ID of the ballots; the
(b) Tear the unused ba,ots in haif
rengthwise and insert them
enverope intended for the *"r"a in the
uuiloi, ."puru," from the u.,Gop"
intended for the accomplished
ballots;
(t) Close the two (2) envelopes
containing the accomprished balrots
unused ballots using paper seals and the
wilh the initiats of all the SEB_PDL
Members; and

(d) Hand the sealed envelopes to the pDL_SS

center where the ballots were collected.
for delivery to the voting

The PDL-ss shair ensure that art

accomprished bar.ots of pDL voters
shall
l:.1.1,h".Il^Chairperson or tn...t"ri.ru'J;;;#,
-- r v!4r before six o, ctock in the
evening (6:00 p.M.) on election day.
Resolution No.
-.-
2025 NLB.E General rnstructions nt o"n
for voting, Counting, g Transmission o7 *rrfrfrt
SEC. 78. Disposition of Ele-ction
Documents used
for Voting. _ The pDL
sEB-pDL sha' deliver to the office
EDCVL, PDL-PCVL, r"1:-,-T1 -"i""#p;;"malia.
"iri."rr" officer (oEo) th; pDL-
must be done before the payment Comptiance thereto
of honoraria.

sEC' 79' counting of pDL- Balrots

in the polling praces. - The EB in
regutar-polling place shau observe the
ballots from ttr"e pOi_Si,
ii;l;i;;
mg upon receipr of pDL

(a) Enter in the Minutes the time of receipt of

containing the accomprished ba,ot, the seared enverope
i"a-',r,.- *r#
containing the haH_torn unused ballots; il;:i:i"
(b) Announce to the pubric that
the accomprished barots of pDL
have been receivec.l with the r-,rff_t"* voters
Uuttotr, if u,",y,
"rlrlla
(c) Open the envelope ONLY when
all the voters in the polling place have
finished voring ir when
ln" ,"ti"gi;""tiu, and there are no
"di"' ;i th;;,i*
the thtutv (30;-,'''"t"' ".,aua
ifiilT;T"within ;il"
(d) Count the accomplished ballots;
and
(e) Feed the ballots to the ACM
before the close of voting;

(f1 Place one-harf of the torn unused

barots inside an enverope (CEF No.
4.16) for submission to the OEO ana
Ure otfrer half inside another
envelope (CEF No. f9r deposit inside the comparrment of the
t1G)
ballot box for varid bartots. such iacts rh;ii;
entered in the Minutes.
sEC' 80' Escorted pDL Voters. Those
- who are in a jail fac,ity/detention
center with less than fifty (50) pDL voters ""
may avail oi .r.ori"j {,Jr,g.
iEC. 81. Express Lane for Escorted pDL Voters. _ A pDL voter votins in
the-polling place shall be given priority to _rote.
Wf,er., htrh";;;",h"
polling place, the uniformed person ,eishal
injorm tne rn cnairp"rr."
the arrival of PDL voters for eicorted vou"t. "r
iiu.uurter, the pDL voter sharl
be accommodated in the express lane in
tnE potiirlg plu"".

SEC. 8.2: Authority to Bring a Firearm. _ To ensure the security

voter, his/her uniformed p"r:oTulTly bring of the pDL
a firearm *riJi ,rr"
place. Said escorr and pDlvoter/s sf,uu
i**u[iately
f.ii:*g
once the latter have finished voting.
leave th";"ili";;il.
 Resolution No
202s NLBqE Griliilr*urtions
46 of s4
for Voting, Counting, €r Transmission of R s:lige

rNDrcENoururg:ll:oiff frtt-:,TNACCESSTBLEvoTTNG
CENTER AND SEi,ARaru poiTTNG
PLACE
SEC. 83. DESO and DE:!_S_S
for AVC. _ Every AVC shall
(1) DESO and rwo f2) DESO be assigned one
SS, *fr" ,f.rii"..
Technical Supiort and
;;iilH:T:il',:"r"1ppo.t
st,r, r"ii";;;'h. ".
ufi.u,io,., as stated i,,,s!.tio., ro

SEC. 84. SS in the IP_SVR of C_Spp. _ There

staff assisned to every rp_svTr;i sn{lUe a maximum of two (2)
:#.ni c€pp t" ,;;;;;;-il.
"llrg
sEC' 85' Applicabilitv of the provision
(Article II) HERE.F' on Erectorar Board, DES., and
--Unless ss
p;;;ided in this
"th";i;
provisions on Electorat.Boara, p'so,
aniiifo*,.,. II)
Resorurion, the
shall herein be applicable. of this Resolution

sEC' 86' Appointment.-Qualifications,

Rights and Duties of watchers
the AVC, E-Spp, C C_Sip. _ ,n" in
duties of watchers of each .u,aiauii, -rpp"l"*l""t, quatifications, rishts and
Jrrif-rugirt"."a poiitical iur., o,
of parties, urr."irrio"r,*J'o o",y
:1111"" .poriticar
rn every porling accredited citizens arms
place in the AVC, e-spr ,ia
the provision on Watchers (Article i-spp ,r,rir'i"
III) of ,f.,i, i"rof,r,i."
g""## oy

SEC. 87. IP-SVR Voting ,:*:: _ V9,ing shall start

morning (5:00 AM) and end at five at five o,clock in the
o,clo& i' it uft"rr,oon (5:00 pM).
early voting hours for Ips who ,."-;i;;;"*or " citizens, The
disability, and pregnant voters shall persons with
be observed.

If at five o' crock in the afternoon (5:00 pM),

there are stilr rp voters present
within the thirty (30)_meter radius from
their votes and are intending to cast
*i" lp:svn *n";#;=iiiJ::r,
their volrir,"r"*, voting sha, continue
but only to alrow said Ip voters to cast
their votes without interruption. The
IP-SVR SS shalt, without delay,
prepare
of said voters consecutivety'numu*J, u"it,nu
;;;;;;. il;;#,;#;fii,#;",
voters so listed shall be
vote by anaouncing ea.f, r,u*u'uriiUfy
:ull".d.t9
in which they are risted' Ani ip uoaur
ii,r"u (3) times in the order
i" aroliri'*r," is not present when his
or her name is cared sha, not uu p"*itt"J
to vote. The said rist sha, be
attached to the Minutes.

The.foregoing circumstance shalr be

immediatery made known to the EB
Chairperson of the C-spp where the rp-ivn
Chairperson w,l wait for the Ip-svR ss
i"i""gs to ensure that the EB
a J.riil the bailots to them.
 Resolution No.
2025 l[BzE Grn-iiiirt*rtions 47 of 54
for Voting, Counting, €t Transmission of R
r:tfrgu

H:g:tl*,:llffiH1[jl" rP voters to determine

their sequence or voting
procedures
lI9:88. on Vofing, Counrins of
AVC and E-spp. _ rrre appn""jr" Vo canvassing in rhe
and kansmission of prec. ;;;;,r:;r:",:::::: of votes,
results (Article VIII) ,votrn8,_counting
hereof"shurr u. ogr.*J
the avc anJ;;;;.n.".,"ct in

SEC.89. procedures o"

yo.filg jn IP-SVR of C_Spp- The applicable
procedures in section sz
that they wil
snaf ue;i;;;;;li.
be oerformscr by the Ip€vi
p^sB voting
or^c_srn,
ballots from the crustered.pr*i".irJ,n""H 6uor*, sraff. The rehievar
"*"up,
of
the start of voting on election ##1, sha, be done once before
day.
SEC. 90. Early Close of
Voting in the Ip-SVR. _ In
to vote in the Ip_SVR nr": case all Ip voters expected
afternoon (5:00 p.M.), 1li.,u,, "^ri,n.i.i"is
o"::^T:r^5;#;J;::r before five o, clock in the
present' by unanimous agreement, watchers, if there u*.*y
may decrarr earty crose of
voting therein.
9l.procedure before Closing
:Il.
sv_& the Ip svR
of the Ip_SV closing rp-
i;,h"11 accomplish
_-___-r,rraorl the
Llrtr Ip
r.r. voterl.r_::r"..:
v orer I urnout Form lhe
F-2"). (,,ANNEX

Thereafter, the Ip-svR ss

shait count the unused balrots
half len*hwise and i,sert ir, and cut them into
tne
".,r"top-""J"ir^rr"o barots separate from
:::,r.,"J"Tffi ,1:,,#,rtheaccomprisr,'"a-i,riltr,securethem.wi.h;;p",
";;;;;;;il;i:.LTi,T,T:;lTi:dt'j;,li;xil,"Js:ff
seals, and the time of the closinj l1,niHT
JilH_S:VR'/in th" logbook.
sEC' 92' Procedure After closing
closed' the Ip-svR ss shalt deriver
of the Ip-svR. - once the Ip_svR
is
other elecrion paraphernalia_t"
ti" ;"rhd;;lope for officiar bairots and
the ballots. The EB bhairperson
tl. IB
a;;"ire.rson or the C-spp who issued
heard throughout the c-spp, ,h";;."pt;f;h" ir* voice loud enough to be
shalr,r,r,o,rri*,
tuilo,, from the rp_siR.
Copies of the Ip Voter Tumout
Form (,ANNEX
likewise' be turned over to the EB-._h-airp;*""i"rF-2J and the logbook shall,
shall, in tum, submit them to tfre r"u*ission to the EO who
Cominissi;", ,hr" th" VSO,;Jih#;,y
(30) days after election day.

rurnout orm ('ANN Ex.F-2 ") and the

I|:il1:',t#il:,T":?:"' F
-,. p, e-requisite for the payment of the
ro gb oo k
,,1 *i" ffr_Sviitr-.' i"rnu.,"rutio"., Jr.
 Resolution No.
2025 NLBPE Grililnstru"tionsfor
Voting, Counting, & 4g of 54
Transmission oforr&g"
Before the close of v oting
in the C_Spp, the EB Cha
that the envelo pes for [person shall announ CC
official ballots c ontaining
from the Ip-S YR shall th e ballots of the Ip vo
be opened for c ounting. ters
rnspect the condi tion The EB Chairperson shall
of the envelo pe for offi cial then
enclosed, then co mpare ballotr and the ba llots
the number of ballots
Waiver and Au thorization received and the n umber
Form (Gawad of
("ANNEX D_1" submitted. Kapahintulutan/pagpapaubaya)
) The EB .ng
number of ballo ts issued erson shall also compare
and the number o f Waiver the
(Gazoad ng Kapahi ntulutantPagpapaub and Author lZa tion Form
aYa) ('ANNEX D_1
number of ballo ts received ") released with the
and the number of Waiv
Form (Gazaad ng Kapahinhtlutan/pa er and Authorizati on
gpapaubaya) (,, ANNEX
lSSU ed as indic ated
in the Minutes prtor to the D-1" ) previously
of the envelo pe and the start of votin
ballots an d/or th e discrepancies 8.The condition
the ballots and Waiver
dAu
an
1n the number of
thorization Form
(,ANNEX D-1") as against (Gawad n
Kapahintuh.rta n/Pagp apaubaya)
appearing in the Mrnutes
shall be entered 1n the la tter. the numb er
The EB Chairperson shall,
in the presence of the other
SS and watchers, feed EB members, Ip_svR
the accom-fr;;;ffi;:,rrom
before the performance the Ip_SvR to the ACM
.1""d; ;;;..;;;;:.ihe
feeding the accomplished "f baroil i; ;;il, l:CM. nuro.. u.uuuy
announce such action loud ,,* the EB Chairperson sharl
enough t" o; h;;;';" the
members, I'_SVR SS. and,othe;. C_Spp by the other EB
bailots sha' be inserted. in tn".
fi"*rfr"r, the half of the tom unused
EO while the other haff "rr,rutof"-d; il;. A16) for submission to the
which sha' be deposited,sf_raf.f -be
p". fl.fi. envelope (CEF No. ,4.16)
-rid. tf,. ;;r;Io#. ^""iner
i'i. t"*going sha, be entered
in the Minutes as we, as the
totar
";;;.";;r"comprished and torn barots.
sEC' 93' Election Forms, Documents,
and
- Except when authorized to cause the supplies for the AVC and E_spp.
throush the provinciar Etecti;s;;J;;j# i"tiru.y_by the Commissiory
"uay
supplies shall be provided to d,;;, the forms, materiars. and
the aizC *Je,iio on election
election forms, documents, and day. The iist of
supplies ;;;; attached as ,,ANNEX
H.,,
The EB sharl carefullv check the
different election forms, documents,
suppries and the ouanrity acftiany and
received. ii. gn sharl sign a
of Receipt (cEF N;. Certificate
,r.rr"J fii""pll, .""
"r1il
retained by the EB. The two (2) frl copy of which shalt be
otn". .opi", shalr be returned to the
City/Municipar rreasurer
-,1," {}irx k.;o';t" t"*" for his or her fire, and
after elections, sha, immediately
concerned Election Offil1 (EO) for
d;;i;';;. (1) copy thereof to the
statistics Department (ERSD) .i,n.
."'*irrio. io the Election Record.s and
c"*r,i"ri"r, rr, rou*rros, Manila.
FROM THE EO: There shall be,
per AVC and E_Spp:
 Resolution No.
2025 NLBqE Griiiiirt u"tionsfor Voting, Counting, n ,, ,n
€t Transmission oy
Orrurrlrr

(a) One (1) set of Ip_pC7L

duly certified by the ERB
poling place; and for posting outside the

(b) The IP-EDCVL dul y

cerrified by the ERB.

ffi ':";15"#il'"',",1iff;:? i:i*l"rries ror the C-spp with rp-

Commissi on, tn'L,sr,-
iLe p.o, ir,.iJei;.;:il, ::-.L.illv,s:Iy"y bv the
aad suppiies sr,* uu prorial;;;;i:ilotlvisor (PES), the rorms,
[at-eria]s,
SS on election aiv. r'b ot the C-SPP with IP-sVR
rne hst of ;recti;;
hereto attachua ,r',laruNfX ,;il:
[ocuments, and supplies is
f.,,
EO: rhere shall
l}f*ilt be, per Ip-svR through the EB or
C-spp, the

(a) One (1) set of Ip-pCVL

duty certified by the ERB
polling place; and for posting outside the

(b) The IP-EDCVL duly

certified by the ERB

ARTICLE XII
DISPOSITION OF DOCUMENTS
SEC. 95. Disposition of
Unused Ballots. _ After the
in the presence of the other voting, the Cha lrPerson,
members of the EB, shall:
(u) Record in the Minutes the
quantity of unused ballots;
(b) Tear the unused ballots in
haU lengthwise;

(c) Prace one half of the torn

barots ia the Enoerope
of Torn tJnused officiar for Rejected Barots, Harf
(cEF No. .A.16), irirrr"*
B,uott ori oii),
;;d,"b*1,;;;;:L;J?;n" Lrnused officiar Bartots
Eo ror sarekeeping; and
(d) Place the other half in anothe
r Ent:elope for Rejected. Ballots, HaIf
of Torn
Unused officiat Balto,ts and.
o.th*n;i;7;; Ltnused. offciat
.r""n
natioti (crp
*,",#JiJ,ia"
il";*iiljil,T:tfl",# ir," uuuo, i,J* iT*ii,,,
SEC. 96. Disposition of Election
Returns - After printing the (ERs),
shall sign and affix their thu*U*urt, the EB
i, tiu
of the ERs. Thereafter, tf," ES,nalip;;;'""" ."l ii.u,io. portion of all cooies
conspicuous place inside the polling (1) copy of the ERs in a
plal". rrr" En sha, individuallv ford
ERs. The first eight (8) copies the
oiif,. fnr'rnrff U"
numbered paper seals and praced r""f";;ii
r"rl"l,,
in th"i.;"rpective envel0pes (CEF
No.
 Resolution No.
2025 NLB.E Griiit t*rtionsfor Voting, Counting,
& Transmission olOrrrrrlrru
tO or Un

A17). An tontaining the ERs shalr be

seated with serially
numbered ,l#::;il
The EB sha' also affix their
signafures on the paper seals
the space provided. Th" ;'"t.ili;"or"r"i,"inr,, and envelopes on
Iikewise,
affix their
:lT:H::,ij;T,rri::t::1T:to *'" ao,ii,,u.,t malo.ity and minority pu.iiu,,

The ERs shall be distributed

to the following:

(1) City or Municipal Board of Canvassers;

(2) The Commission;

(3) The Congress' directed to the president

to the election of Senators
of the senate (onry zoith rewect
ana tne traffirr"iqi**S
(4) Parish pastoral Council for
Responsible Voting (ppCRV);
(5) Nationai Citizen,s Movement for Free Elections
INAMFREL);
(6) Dominant majority party AS determined by the Commission
accorclance with law; tn

(7) Dominanr minority party determined

accordance with law.
AS by the Commission 1n

(8) Ballot box;

(9) one (1) to be posted conspicuousry

on a wa, within the premises
polling place or counting cent"., of the
ih.;;;;may be;
"',
(10) Provincial Board of Canvassers;

(11) Ten (10) accredited maj or

national parties, excluding the dominant
majority and minority parties, in
agreement among them.
accordance wit]r u
"oftr.rt*f
(12) Two (2) accredited major iocar
parties in accordance with a voruntary
agreement amons them. If no such
Commission shar"decide w;i.;';J;;'rriuliru.uir," is reached, the
agreement
the copies on the
anarogo", ,o ,i.,ut p,o"iJ"a n su.ti""
XX?ir:1,ffi::iteria zZ iiii.p"rir.
 Resolution No.
2025 NLB.E General lnstructions ot tn
for Voting, Counting, & Transmission oy Orrf,rlrr,
(13) Four (4) national broadcast
or print media entities as may be
determined by the Commisrio" i" equitably
or p-pagating
widest extent possible; "iu* -- r^ the copies to the

(14) Two (2) Iocal broadcast or print media

entitiesas- may be equitably
determined by the Commission in view
widest extent possible; and -- propagating
of r- the copies to the

(15) Two (2) major citizens- arms,

incruding the accredited citizens, arm,
other non-partisan groups or organizaiions and
enristed by the Commissiory
excluding ppCRV and NAMFI.EL.
Such citiru*,
organizations mav use.the two (2) certified **r,
Sr""p;]"*a
copies of election retums for
the conduct of citizens' quict counis
,iir," io."i or nationar revers.
r-rr1rylg copies rt{lg"
given to other ac*edited citizens's arms
Thu other
than NAMFREL and ppCRV.

sEc. 97. Disposition of ACM, Ballot Boxes,

Election Refurns and other
Documents' - when the counting of votes
has ended and the results of
eiection in the polring prace havJakuray
lu* *"ounced, the EB sha[: the
(a) Place inside the ballot box the following:

(1) Sealed Envelopes containing:

i. Copy of printed ERs intended for the ballot

box;
ii. Copy of the Minutes intended for the ballot
box; and
iii. Half of tom unused ballots; and rejected ballots,
if any.
(2) WPAT Recepracle.
(b) Close the flap of the,bartot box with a security
sear. To protect the balots
and other election documents therein from elements
*
,r"f, *r,", ,"a
dust, cover the ballot *lF f.lckaS-rnS tape by *.uppi.,g ih" ,upu
around the cover and !": extending rt to it"",rpper part of the barlot box.
The EB shall affix their signaturls on the tup'u,
require the watchers
present to also affix their signatures; ^rra

(c) Tum over the box containing the ACM and its peripherars
logistics provider.
to the
In the absen"ce of the logistics proviaer, the EB
tum over the ACM box to the Eo or the arithorizea representative shalr
shall, in tum, coordinate with the rogistics provider
who
for the schedule of
the retrieval thereof;
 Resolution No.
2025 NLBqE GrGitrt*rtions
fur Voting, Counting, & 52 of 54
Transmission of R rulfrf.

(d) Deliver the ballot br

::::::*';il ;il
expense, provide at the "
Jil!ffi ,llIl,,ilffi j:j[l:fl
i f Tffi :,ti
voting,"e.,t;; ,h:
uLc fl€c€ssdr/
transportation facilities personnel and
f". tfr" r?t i.rrf.
Incase the ballot bo^x delivered-by
shali seal the ballot box, the EB is not sealed, the
treasurer
number of the ptastic r"*
and io.lrll;;;iact,
together with the seriat
rrJ,-ilil;;;."0*r to the Commission;

(") Deliver to the EO the following

documents or papers:
(1) EDCVL;

(2) PCVL;

(3) Seated Envelope containing:

' fiil]of the Minutes intended for the Commission (cEF No.
ii. Other Half of Torn Unused
Official Ballots;
iii. InitializationRepor!

iv. precinct Audit

Log Reporti

v. precinct Statistical
Reporf
vi. Copies of the ERs intended for the provincial
Canvassers (CEF No. A17); Board of

vii. Copies of the ERs intended

for Commission (CEF No. At 7).
(a) The envelope
lo"l1ffig the main USB.storage device for use by
the cirylmunicipal_b_oari or .*"urrJthr""gi, th;
Custody GrouplRCG); and R;"#i,""Lo
(5) Other pertinent papers and documents.

11,"1
*:,..Tling of votes, the EO or the citylmunicipal
require the EB' which failed to treasurer shall
tum ;;*'it" erection documents or
paraphernalia to deliver them immediaLry'u"a
to do so may constitute an -"" ir,ror*
"
election.ff.*J
him/her that failure
 Resolution No.
2025 NLBPE GriliErtrrctions
for Voting, Counting, g 53 of 54
Transmission of,orr&g"

Mrs cELLf*lft"T f# sr o Ns
SEC. 98. preservation of "r
the List of Voters. _ The EO shall be responsible
::i,::H:"::i:fi [";,1i",11T"T?,,"J.'iiiLtij..,*.r"Ji''g"x'1cd:',.
Errone-ous Inclusion or.
ill;i?;,3ilffi:rff Etection Documents and
,r,*.o*""ilffi il.':l#f.ffi
therein' the EB, instead."f *m:H,JIii,";J."".:HlTl,"."J
election documents to the "p-#;;;" iril,-o*,
ECi' rn""go ,r.rriiut"
sha, detiver th.e said
preserve the integrity of such
ao."^ur,tr.
'-" ." upproo.iate measures to

li'Ti,li,fi r[,;""r1],:t?J[::xtlx:r,'i,l'oi"y'e'1ectiondocuments,
ih e ba, t *'t,]"ui..,,",r,.,,
o u
Municipal/Citv Treasurer,
ri,L.]} J" fl .:f".,fffHJ:,l"Xf ffi ffi
candidates, una-*u,"..., as :
and venue of tire opening to the time, place,
of the uril"i i"_-r^J the submission
of repirt to
the PES within two (2)
11" r-* "pffitt . rr*e. The pES shalr, ririewise,
submit a report to tne REo,
*.r.ili i"*[.","1*,, report to the oDEDo.
SEC. 100. Sanctions. _ Any
person who violates o., fTt, to comply with any
;:Ji:: xJ:;:::l *iff ffii t."."-'*v o, aa.,i#,o,,,".ry
"T;i;'i""
sEC' 101' Speciar procedures.
- Notwithstanding the express provisions
this Resolution, the Commi-ssi"" of
;;y,;;;ilptio',ut
procedures in the voting, counting, 't cases, adopt special
r.,r*i-.-rlr,, consolidation, storage,
iJ?l,1ili ,1:,Hr#::3,f4ensure free'ir
retrievd ,".."ffii and.parapr,"*uiiu
13rms
orderly' honest,
elections. peaceful, and credible

A11Annexes shall form an integral part

of this Resolution and shall also
deemed approved upon the,ig;.ri"g? be
ihi, ii"r"rrr"".
sEC' 102' Effecfivitv. - This Resolution
sharl take effect on the seventh (7th)
day after its publicitio"
121 a"iiy-""*;;;p"r, or general circulation
in the Philippines and in T ryo
the Commrrrr,j" *.trl*
sEC' 103' Publication and Dissemination.
- The Education and InJormation
Department (EID), this Commissiory
rf,rfi immediate publication
of this Resorution in twl "rrr"',f,e
newspap"rr""t
(z).aaity generar circuration in the
Philippines. Further, EID ;h;tJu;;rh."';;;;eof
Directors, provincial Election Srp"*lroi, to alr Regionat Election
El;;;r. Officers, the concerned
 110?0
Resolution No
2025 NLB?E Griiiilrt*rtions 54 ot 54
fur Voting, Counting, €t Transmission of R r:;g
offices and deparbments
j1 the
Departments, Bureaus, Offices Main Office
of the Commission,
,"J ;;";.i";
DepartmenrorForeisnArra,r;;$;#.";:iiiffi
al1

1?"",1i"T*:fl1?",'l;
l,lf ilffi1il;:l*::f:*:1i;11ig?,.,t::**,sha,,p.s,acopyor
SO ORDERED.

GEORGE ERWIN M. GARCIA

Chairman

SOCORRO B.INTING
MARLON S. CASQUETO
Commissioner
Commissioner

AIMEE P. FEROLINO
REY E. BULAY
Commissioner
Commissioner

ERNESTO FERDINAND P. MACEDAVJR.

NELSONJ. CELIS
Commissioner
Commissioner

CERTIFICATION
APPROVED for publication on October 30. 2024 .

C S B. DIOLA
Director IV
Offce of the COMELEC Secretary

This Resolution can be verified at this

number (02) Bszr-zg'7 and ema, address
comsec@comelec. gov.ph. at
 ANNEX A

'?H;3'iifJ[x1.sE3I'
Voting Center:
City/lUunicipatity:
Clustered precinct No,:
Barangay:

,*11H,:1%"T11?ffi h1Tikffi
FOR:
".,
(PNP Prooinciolrciry
Dircctor)
Thru:
(PNP Oficer-on-Dutyj

Dear Sir or Madam:

I::::i*,: t.S"n 2(0, Articte n of CoMELEC

tne unclersigned EBs: r\csolutlon
Resotution No.
N, 1L076,by unanimous
vote of
._-(1) Please remove and/ or take custody of

[ ] who refuses to obey our lawful

order
[ ].conducts him/ herself in a disorderly
marurer the:reby intenupting
the electionpioceeourgs. or disturbing

--- (2) Order rhe detail

r?h";*xiffi ff"ffi ;'. il*t"l: ::I:,ilj

o.l
jH,ii.:,"#l,ffi,":i".d;":ffi
:::"[:

Chairperson
(Nante, Signn hrre, antl
Dnte)

Poll Clerk
(Nam.e, Signature, Third Member
anrl Date)
(Name, Sigruture, ancl
Date)
 ACM OPERATToN pRocEDrmEs
ArLnex B

AUTOMATED COUNTII

;rn*TigE1t#[i$*fftt"affi :"ffiH:l
r], v rr ,, ts

.^fJR[tkHiti,rtT,BS:J"**,
Sec,l, Scope. _ This ACM pRocEDUREs
^_OpERAT.roNshall supplemenr
S"?ffit:fftr1$?Jrli-rrozoau'"J-lob#;"r"c,r4.otherwiseri,io,,,-u.
vo,,nr",coffi i;;;;#:ffi,1'',T?Hii?#R?Lp*,nmi#;;
NArroNAL, LocAL, AND BANGSAMoRo p*r,o*#i*i.ErEcuoNs,,.
Testing
and searing of Automateit
?:::?:!r:"
following procedr-ries shall be followed Counting Machine,(aCM),
- The
during the
urL'Lrtcu
Final i esttng and Sealing (FTS)
of the Automated Counting
Ma.ti." iacrral*.t
FINAL TESTING AND SEALING
OF ACM
t
L"#;i:;hfiX,fl"frei,:I:I: open the ACM hardcase
ACM hardcase against the n"r", and veriry the
checklist. ilar*r"a lr" iirl
2' Show to the public that the Ieft
main and backup USB -i-nairiaffi
compartment at the back of the ACM,
where the
.tokens
comparknents must remain seaua-ire 1 is sealed. These
"""a,
throughort-tilerer,jtir"pro."dr.u.
F,IS
3. Position the ACM ballot box where
the voters are convenient during
Attach the .t otur r"*hi.".eptacre voting.
to the ballot box.
4. Properly place the ACM on top of the
ballot box.
5. Lift. r.lp the ACM monitor toward
you until the scrrrcn will be in
position and co*ioiiii*t" ro ttr" the right
uot""r.
6. To install the thermal paper, perform
the following procedures:

a. Piace the new thermal roll into the paper roll comparknent.

b. Behind the ACM morritor' simultaneously

snap the red buttons to unlock
printer cover.
c. Lift the lid cover upward to open the receipt printer.
d' Pu,, 0ut a portion of the thermal rorl
and place on top of the sheet feeder.
[*ilffi::"
rigned, and the th;;i;;,t"8;ithe thermatrou isfacing

e' C10se the printer cover and wait

for the ACM to automatically adjust
print the edge of the paper roll. and

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Annex B

7. To connect the ACM Lithium battery

following: (21.78V Li-ion) to the ACM, perform
the

a. Retrieve the DC Lithium baftery

and ACM cables.

the AC power adaprer and

" ;?ffi::,,T*ff":f.t," plug the other end

' ffffiif"',"H: StTtflHf"TS:Pter

connector (red) to the input
DC

d. From the battery, .,T?r: m:

cover of the male coadal
connect to the DC female coaxial cormector and
cable connictoi.
e. Plug the other end into the
ACM power port and then
Lithium battery. switch on the

8' Press the power-on button

of ACM to wait unt. the
Device Information
-the
Informatiory ElecUon tnformlUo;;
lsystel
press the left r;J#I
arrow to pioceea
""dr
tili;M";ilir'fiHlj"oP*::'f*r"0.
9' Before the ACM al,ows the,access
of the
*"-ou. should authenti.ut" voting operations and ACM features,
A'd;-#d"'":qrire registering the
llu# tt.,u
EB

i.O. ThC MCSSAgC "INSERT YOU]? SMART CARD

FOR OPERA?IONIN

if"o.|,.:,i:Xkliooffi ""'n"'*,'t'*a' "itn#itr,',,"p".,",

THE O{RD

",i ;iilil;
11. The ACM wilt now
di*]1._T!_ EB CHATRPERSON A UTHEN?rCA?rON
IllAs s uccEss F UL. REMI v E rrle
s,rza niiin:o?
12'Remove the smart card to proceed
with the EB registration of name.
From the
1"tr#ili;;6,;h#?t,";,f^ffi i.';ffi';?:iirs,rzan?-ai#';E
a. To register the EB Chairperson:

. Insert the operation smart card

of the EB Chairperson. Wait
message "READING THE SMARI until the
CAni,,-is.fisprayea.
. Orce tlrc smart card_is_let9cted., .IF yOlI
tltt
cARD, REMovE HAVE A pNpKI
message

THE PNPzu Iry.g!ERArro;;';i;A;r

SMART-CA]RD.
cARD. AND rNsERr
oriii<vv1ii,,rvpE YouR NAME AND
PRESS THE 'ASSIGN' BUTTON.'

. Enter EB Chairoerson.
press the ASSIGN button.
the pNpKI cardto extractT,rn"_Td Or use
the EB ,t"r"Ji" tf,e pNpKI card.
"ri""

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Annex B

. If the EB Chairperson the pNpKI card and enter

,ls_e.d the certificate
f'"'J:1i"1.':tlJ-1" ",";;;-"#; #iiu
'hu name if
*'rplayed necessary
ai,pruy"d on the
*d,t""';;";;',il"
'esslcrri;urtt"'.
. pressing ,ASSjcN,
tjl", bunon, the ACrvl
cHArRPERsoXrrvarzrnecrJinirriirirl"lr#.u#*olyr;i,i
;fi.1H#*RD"' Remove trr. .*""
"r.il'ia'proceed to the nexr
b. To register the EB poll
Clerk:

Insert the operation ,**,:Tt:f^rhe

EB poll Clerk. Wait
message "REA DING r H E
S MA Rr Cino ;,.
t until the
i,rp],"uXi.
Once the smart card is detcct:*,t(:!:ey1Ye ,,lF
yOU HAVE
r,u siiani ciirj,ir,ro
A pNpKr
ffiE;,#lt?*
pREss rHE
|j.ylto, wpE voui Naw iin
rNsERr
'AssrGN'
'urr3i',7uo*sE'
Enter EB poll Clerk,s name
press the ASSIGN bufton.
PNPIC card to exkact the EB1nd Or use the
name stored in the pNpKI
card.
If the EB poll Clerk
used the pNpKI card and
enter the certificate
exrracted nu*u *ru uu ir,pruyua
r:'J:1?1i,..:11,:1flS" name if necessary
,ASSIGN,
o., tnu
button. and then press the

. After pressing ,ASSIGN

'^,r,ugr,ji#+,{itlH3.H#t*"';;!;;';F'?+L
ofEB
registration
ve the smart card and proceed
to the ;;xt

C To register the EB Member:

Insert the
operation smart card of_the EB poll
message "READING THE SMART Clerk. Wait untii the
CARO;r, airp"rryia. "
Once the smaft card is detected,
.tft llexage "lF
.ARD, REtvrovE rHE opERArro-^/
yOU
HAVE A pNpKj
THE PNPKI SMART CARD if;Ai; Ltrio,^o*o rNsER?
OTHERWiE,TVPI'I;NTNAME
PRESS ?HE 'ASSIGN' BLITTON.' AND
Enter EB Member,s name and press
the ASSIGN button. Or use
PNPKI card to extract the EB name the
stored in the pNpKI card.
If the EB Member used the pNpI(- card
password and wait until the extracted and enter the certificate
,,r_" _iU L. aisplayed on the
name if
[Hilft:,*.disprayed "".";;",y-;;*,i!,, p.",, th"

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Annex B

'*ffi E.i''E%+f
CARD". Remove tt
i?J,'".*;::i,?11#*i?,:i.,,?ii+
".*uri.uiJil;il;r,
,,,ilTh'll,^,i[ij:,,;:f
"i;rUTJfi Tilf,gT"n:ronthescreen
adjusrmenl for the volume,he
ir,r"r.ri"" i",i.T::,"1T"tff"*r:X
:[T];Jl',rlifl f ff" t' n"" * J ii",' ot'tr i*"*,, oan smissi,on statulil:
of ,"gistered voters fo. s,
,r.r" arr,"*Ji.i_".ffi
number of scannud bjill*
*
,i:Tlr*3ii",ffi,1.::g:tlaYed on the tower-teft corner or the screen. rr
a rap the urr.iiil *Tf,T: i"T,.",Ti:",i1,*tXTlffi"ffi."";: "
o
message :F!
*;JrXH:i. H^t*** inserr tjre-gperarion card
"INSER? run suenr.-taoo_oo"ri ror
opER.A,oNlNtne
HE CARD SLO?-, wilt display.

c. The Chairperson shall insert the

operation smart card,
"REaDTNG rHE ;MART
cini;, a message
ffi.il:j,
rNsE R rED rs F o R r HE ra
Caa,,nifiiid,i:, ;,rril;i?#' :. c a n olff
t tn=au
chairPerson and then the.system
AH:" H wirl display
succEsspui'",::^,,'{,iiyin+flI#Ti'{lgH*_f*i
shall remove the card and will
dirrr", ,n" Li"Lt date and fime with OK

e. Tap the displayed DATE or TIME

to adjust and then press the
option to revoke the action CANCEL
oi< *i".ifr"".nung", _ud".
". "
f. press OK button
to retum to the UTILITTES
sub-menu.
g' press X
mark in the bottom left comer
of the screen to refurn to
the Main

'" ffidii3fif.';::5;:L:' member shal perrorm the

rouowins ACM

a. From the Main menu, select ,,DIAGNOSTICS,,

option;
b. The ACM witl display the,,DIAGNOS?ICS,,
ALL" option; and menu' TaP the "RLIN

. ALL,, the AcM wil. initialy

+Sff."*i,.,if,,,,RlrN rest the
displaying the ceils in horizoirt'r,
and diagonal or"".Jillo"""t "t*.";

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Annex B

' nXI;H:$;.,$ll :,,f on the ceus berore thetime runs out.

rr
l;i,T;:;'v'i;.ixt'i"fl I',lH::iliff *,:',i:T;i:m."*
. Al1 cells that have
.been
touched will change
their color which
indicates that the regions
* *,.1..*" ,..'ffiirri.or,irg p.op"rty.
. The ACM will automatically proceed to the
next component.
d. The ACM will automatically
proceed to the next componen!
DIACNOSTIC for speaker and the AUDIO
fr"uapf,oiu 1".i..",,,1
' To test the ACM speaker: The
ACM will automatical]y ptay
sounds on the ACM ana simurianelusry the
ilpili,oro
rHE
,.No,,
and
soLArDs,
,,YES,,
you
,itL --';;;riJ'"r,.lq,,rt*u.,t
HEAR
and
buttons.
. Press ,' YES, if you heard the
sounds. ,,NO,, if you did not.
. After checking the speaker, the
ACM will proceed to test the
the headphone. audio of

. If the headphone is
.not connected, the ACM will displav the
messase, pLUG rHE HEADaHINE
io iir uiapraoli
THE ACM", comect the.heaar"rro,f,u-r"ii;;ffi; iiiutl
or press the X mark on-the upp:-r]:ft continue the test
or preis No
t;;"" ih" sereen to record
b"',t;;;;"";l
"f
::1iiiff;?*pED" the or audio test

. the ACM win automaticariyplay

HX.rl.#H::,;ffI*"d, the
;-,;;;,.fi #;;'#;,T:Txi;;,Pj3.L?H,T',f ["TEsorrN6i,;
. Press ,,YES,, if you heard the
sounds. ,,NO,, if you did not.

. wiu perform
the NErwoRr( DrAcNosrrc rESr FoR
HyiS:S:M
. It will display the message.INSERT
TRANSMISSION DEVICE ?O
?HE ETHERNET PORT'.

. Press the ,,X,, on the upper left

screen to mark the diagnostic
"SKIppED" if modem wiii b" as
"r"d
f;i;;;;i;;.
. Plug in the ethernet cable and wait
until the Network Status detects
the cornection of each destinatil;;;il;;j,ig
and connectivity status. ,n" rp address

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Annex B

The message "NET&ORK

?T.CryosIrC
coMpLETED., is uslNc rHE E?HERNET
ffi,rt displayed _,ri';neini" and ,,oK,,

Press the " RETRY, button

t,
proceed with thu aiug.oru.ilJ;fl."1j::J-*ss ot "oK" button to

NOTE:T7zls appties to ACM

router as transmission ileoice.
assignetl in areas using STARLIIIIK

f. After testing the ethernr

now be perform"d by ,h: diagnostic for usB MoDEM
IEil{:twork shalt

. It will display the mr

usB PoRr'. n.1" r"r,'i'1i.'t^'-9o^n/Ecr rHE usB M)DEM ro rHE
rowtng messages shall appear
in tni, ,"q"u".","
. Press ,,X,, on ,nu
screen to mark the diagnostic
"SKIpPED" if etherneilpP:,l
will ,left as
b"
"r"Jio.'*"LrffiIor.
. plug in the ethernet
cable and wait until the
the connection of each desrinart";'.;;r'hd;Lg Network Status detects
status, the Ip addres, and its connectivitv
th" ,""G" "N;?i;bR(
,r, poRr rs DlacNosTlc
coMpii;;;fi *iii,,,o..ror"
*t1f and.,,oK,,

. Press the ,,RETRy- OS:i_,:

repeat the process or ,,OK,,
continue to the next component. button to

g. The ACM will now proceed ,USa

PORTS DIAGNOSTIC,, and
screen will display the following:
lo_tfre the

r The total count of mounted

USB;
. A panel which contains the following:

1. The port
number where the USB is connected.
2. The status of the USB if
de".t"J
3. The properties of the connecteJusu.
;;;;;;";
-*"'*
. A message ,IS THE^NUMBER OF MOLA/TED USB
CORRECT? ", with,,NO,, and "iiS, U"*i"I' ",.' DEVTCES

. Press ,,yES" if you wish to continue the process, otherwise insert

to Port 3 or Port 4 ," ."-pi"i.',i"1"',r',s
il#:tY:' "a,h";;Ai
h. The ACM will automatically proceed to the ,PRINTER
DIACNOSTIC,.

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ACM OPpnauou pRocEDr,,REs
Arurex B

1-11T., o"tlt
the ACM wifl disptay
the
Prnted and the sample image to print. Totar Count thr: image was

"pRINI,, button to
,Press jl*",!.'ifi Fj,H:f i^r"".:lr,'n j1,f#mm
,Hg;;;;,"
ffi
^trtrt'&;i,{,!;,,:#:r'.y*j,*,?y,{{,:,,iX:ENrs
Press "YES,, if it printed correcfly, otherwise
press ,,NO,,.
Keep the printed copy for
the camera diagnostic.
i. The ACM will now procr
to SGANNER DIAGNOSTIC
the folowing info.*i,rorruo and display

1. Status and Result of the

ballot to be inserted;
2. Recognize the ballot and
an option to Stamp the
Ballot, a::rd
3. A message ,INSER? ?HE
BALLOT,.
. Insert one (1) FIS batlot

, On the panel for the S

ACM wiu disptay "so{NNTNG
RECocNrzrNc ..##&,:e ....
. After which, the ACIv{ will
display corresponding information
baltot inserted. of the

' ff#:""f1n".?3lr:'flo1 F" b."u* entrv srot to dispray the ba,ot

b,,rsil#,#il:,;l[:5ilif";,"H::m",?*;i-tff "#ilj
. The ACM likewise or

i*g:yT#L'.r;,ffi.fl iB;'^?:,,tr:Ii:{K[t:!:,,fJ,
. Press the ,,NO,, or ,,yES,, button to continue
with the test.
' DrAiNdrr&.ffi
j. The
ACM will now au
,il;,i#H::l{J::T*J:. ji:#*],
. The message ,,INSER? OPERATION
:1*
displayed. Insert the smart CARDIN WE- CARD SLOT,, is
"r.d "f
,rry;;;l;;#.
. the CARD STATUS. the ACM
ll:l _
"succEssFulty {io oaia;,-^^i;;;" wiu r
R
;#. H?i?*"H:,f"r;
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Annex B

of the inserted carc

R.LE' on the paner (Grd cP
ID' .ARD
. '16;;fr3'Iillfsiir
Remove the inserted card
and then repeat the process
required smart cards are
tested. -'--' "'' until all the
. will display the list of roles
*ita, of smart card that have
been

' After testing all the smart cards,

k. The ACM shall now perform

the diagnostic for the CAMERA.

' Get the sample report printed

during the printer diagnostic.
. The message "PLACE?HE p.R_tN?ED
v.4.1, LL,tv.
SAM\LE
THE CAMERA" is disptayed. -- IMACE INFRONIOF

' Position the eR Code.opposite

the camera found below
slot. The content of tlie the smart card
value. The EB has an optitn
aR code ;iX.O".o[Oi"""u in the eR code
on the button for tt J .u*"ru
to tu;;r;;.I;l ra light by tapping
i"a
. option ,,NO" artd,,.yES,, from
]gfe_ct_tire the diso d message "IS
rHE cAMEii;;Rii,rw crrnanlj
orro^n6ll,
. Press the yES button to
continue with the last component of
the ACM.
1. The ACM shall now pro,."ud with
the last component to be tested, the
EXTERNAL KEypAd.

. The message,COAD,/E^C,T^?HE
KEypAD AND THEN PRESS
EACH
3Jrffi:
sIX (6) BUrroN *tr s ilal'n.r#i*lff -ro- and,, yES,,

. Connect the Extemal Keypad

in the USB port at the back of
the ACM.
. Press all the available keys in
the externa.l keypad. Check
pressed symbol corresponds with if the
th" k;t;;.;ij;d
on the sffeen.
. The message ,ARE TfiE SYMB.OLS
ON THE KEypAD DISILA4ED
3?RRECTLY wHEN pREssED";
;r,h ;,N;;;;
;rrs,, opuo,.
. all leys are pressed and displayed
,After
button will be enabled. press yES
on the
'^'' screen,
" the ,,yES,,
d .;"d.;.
m. The summary of the result per
component will display on the screen as
we, as the messages 'crilene,ird inf o*fiilibsr/c REpoRr....

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Anaex B

PR/NTING THEDIAG)
- "-
the report. -"'-Nos?IC REPoRP while simultaneously
printing

n. Secure the printed dia

(A17- rs);,:;til r;"ffiT::r"ffrt and Place it inside the enverope
o. After printing the diarn
r,a.d'*,;;;;h;;tiilfl:i,T,:ifi ,,i!
:tffi:T:#:re skipped or has
. cREENiPASSEDISI
' f .L : i;; ;;;n;,6#33.'3;i$l
. yELLow: sKrppED
LY co MPLEnED rH E

pvp-iiiifiiTiirt
r E srl

, in the botrom left part of

;,1];ljl"rfrlfton the soeen to return to
the

1.6 To start the voting process,

the BEI sha, open the election:
a. Tap the OPEN VOTING
ron opina iirj; ffi Effil#rf;e;g,'INSER r rHE SMAR? CARD
b. Insert the smart card fo
arpruy tr,e mu,,,s. ":g;,i**.Hriffi;*f
!f##i.:ff-ru' r"rurun ,f IHi.
oi,o'r'"i.ill'"tr.'. pw orlHlT;
the EB
c. After successful u"t,""q.:qo1-the
message ,,THE EB CHAIRPERSON
€f#r[ffit1flI#js succfsiir]i.? "iiikbw rHE s^4aRr
the smart'*a .o,,tir,r" *iin
tr''" p.i,ti,'g o"itil'fr ffi:Hl1t#il*"
d. The messages ,GENERAI/NG THE
INIrtALrzArroN REpoRr_ , REPORZ.. PRIMIING ?HE
simultaneouslv printino Ure
*iu^;p;;;,)il
,n" screen whire
lniualizati#[.p".,],m" report
will show
ff''"!?;,"*;:;
eacfr caldidalg ililil,r*
g,uphi. inrormation
gr::r,:'Jp;;.;',r)',".1":iXil':r8ilk",,,ilff 1i;,", jl?
ACM Configurarion, Number
of
;:#:l
n"gir-#j' l;oi"rr, ,Ur_U* of Balot
Counted, Number of Baltot Countea,?"JN"",i"Iii
ruuoo Rejected.
After plinting the Initializarion
Report, the Chairperson, EB
Clerk, including the represe Member and poll
-;.,i"itT,
3*u*' a'ms !,esenti
lnitialization Report in the envelope :T:iilll#":,1ffi::iflt*$;t
(A17_TSt;;ffi for the purpose.
18. The ACM is now readv to ac-cept^ballots.
At this time, the
display the mesrug" "Rrease ifuseniipr^iiiibrl. ,, ACM screen will
19. Once the ballot is inserted,
the ACM displays the following
in sequence:

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THE BALL}T,messase, foltowed

;lffHlt W
,vERrFyrNG
rHE

b. The VOTE VERIFI-CATION

SCREEN displays the voted
the screen for the-voter
t" ,u"i.I^/ I.itf,t"fi" r., candidates on
an oprion ro,.REruRN"
proceed with the voting.
oi ;Ca
i i.i" i / iiHi,lH,:U:ffi fl:li:
c. The succeeding messages
will be displayed:
. SAYING VOTERESALT
. DEPOSITIN.G^TH-E-B/ LLOT
. IN THE BALLOT BOX
GENERz ?JNG ?HE yOTE
R;C;;;;-,.

e. After which, the BALLOT REVIEW

screen
*,tty *,ouoti; *ii containiag the actual balJot
;#:
l3rr:::H:;|ot *sprayed wi thin the set

. Scroll up to view the voted

candidates for ali the positions.
, "NGHT ARROW" button to
heo:if" display the back face of

. Tap on the ,,RIGfIT ARROW,,

bufton to exit.
20. Continue with the voting process
for the remaining nine (9)
voters.

" ftfi:il;1"+$?[""itr"f"" cast their votes, perrorm

CLosE vorrNG with

a. Co to the MAIN
Iy:.Fg the smart card of any of the
members and thenryNu,lL EB
setect,,itoSE to?l^r;;].*,
b. Insert the smart card for. op_eration
of the Chairperson which
display the *ur.u,._,,r.i{E-i]nij"rN#Si, wilt then
CIIAIRSPERSOM ETTIER THE rs FoR rnE EB
PIN;.
c. After successful authenticatioru remove the smart
card.
d. Insert the smart card for operation
of either the poll Clerk or EB
which wilt then display.the Member
THE <EB posrTroN>. rNren l*rg"-,;z:rliioi,
rHii,lrui:.- -,,
,rraorrD rs FoR

e. After successful authentication, remove

the smart card.

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f. The ACM wilt ask to "sELEc^r

ELECTTON RESUITS,,. ?o DrcrTALLy srcN rHE
Tap on Tyl,E-B-19_r!
the " EB CHN;<;ERSON,,
tust.
g. The insrruction .INSERf
THE SMART CARD WTH
DrGtrAL srcNarql.{_f THE pNpKr
opE&{ rroN sMAR r canD;;
vArLA;;;: diiiowru rNsER? rHE
wiii i" a?, ill"^
h. Input the correspond,
removethecardir""'1fuH,:ffi'il::i.1;to:".rinserredandthen
i. Tap on either the poI.C]e1!-o1EB
Member .v,EJ
smart card of the selected <EB posiuon>_ !1 to sign and then irsert the

i. Input the correspondi

removethecardir*ilfi iiY,:iTil::iJ.r"il!ol,'oinserredandthen
k.
Tap on the "DONE" button
to continue with close voting.
22 The ACM will proceed with
the generation of election results.

a. The message "TABU\_ATING

RESIILT... and then,,GENERA?INC
fii,#"?t RE?uRNs ron ryalioruii'iiilrrorr-.,, wll
THE
be

b. The. printing
of the nine (9) copies of Election R,
pos*ions*-i,,tu,t.;yr1-,1g.;"*#Aiffii;Tffi
RETURNS NATTONAL L ,rT.IA+:Jil
c. Afterwards, the
OF 30,, i, airpilv#",",,,,
messa
roarcii'riiisffi",ig:;i:ilf If ,Iil"?"f
.EEc?IoNRE?uRNs

d' The printing of the nine (g)

copies of Election
wi, start white rhe *"rrrs"^ "r,narri^,,C Returns for Loca.l positions
LOCAL 1 OF 30,, isdisprayed. i"ijtila"oN
RE?uRNs

retums and place them ia the

" i,i#.$::]ection enverope provided for

z5 Once printing is completed_ th.e

message "GENERATING DATA
RESULTS" wil be displayej r"u"_i"g FOR CCS
ri"
24.
"-##il1,,1,
ryrf ?X^Xl,^ir:t,B,pessase,.DoyouwANrrorRANSMrr?,.serect

purPoses of FTs, no tuansmission of erection

iffi":r:;. rcsurts wilr be

25 The ACM w,l then print the twenty-one (2L) copies

twenfy-one (21) copies of Local \ '/ -vr'!v of
vr Nationa.r
r. retums and
,ut.*.. '

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NOTE: For t/ze

Wrpose of FTS, there will be.,N.O pinting
copies of ERs. t ap on
the "STOP PR/MIING,,
of ailditional 2L
of the ER. button to cancel the printing

26. After skipping the o1nti1^S..of

returns and twenry_en" .;i.-;::
the twenty_one (21) copies
of the Nafional
1Z"ry of
automaticalrv generate ani "opi"s ACM wilI
pi-iil,. siouintit i;HHi.*n'
,, Statisticat Report, the ACM
flrffifffiHf,rhe wilt automaticaly retum to
the

28. PerformtheWpATV ,OTE REVIEW

by selecting the button
MAIN MENU. displayed on the

A. ThC SYSTEM Will ASK tO."INSER T

.THE SMART CARD FOR OPERETIONIN
THE CARD SLO?-, to authenticate;il"-;;;."*.
authenticate will b" displayed The <EB position> to
aiii" r"_.Ipiii""n of the screen.

" II,:LH:ffir"T*:r.lT,ijt:r" inserred smarr card and then remove

-;#r',1ttriii*:i.ffi,"{f#i,"?:;T"ffff
c. On the WPAT VO:
;m+U,isil.p,r
d' The voted candidates wilr
be disprayed on the right-side
part of the screen.
e. Tap on the ,,FRON?
i*is"rupo.,iii",i""ql;s["?.,ff ltr,,:;,ff
ballot. To E)(T the screer; ii"1.;"",,,,,1::itrj
tap on the "ntl,ii in:now"button again.
f, Stgl the 'CONFIRM,, button arru
and (:omlnue
continue scarming the remaining
WpATs. r

ytr#;::';'{ffii{,:J,y"rtobescannedshoutdconesponittolte

g. Once all the WpAT.,have

been scanned, the ,,pRIN?
REPORT button wilt U" VV\AT AIIDIT
"""Uf"i'i"i lri ,n" Orrnon which witl
th;;"p##N"u*a p",jti"* *a #x
6':S?ff ?#JJI ffi;:x::''i
," REVTEW by setecting the
irXl"fflrifiAlloT bunon disptayed on the

a. The ballot image with

g.]y th3 voted candidates will be displaved.
together with the Torat Baiiot
upldown to view all tfre canataates
a;";;;;t#;nt
Baltot Count. Scroli
.
b. pe;;ri#;"
rap on the ","uGHr ARRow il;;; il;ilLe
other ballot images.

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.. "X,, icon to exit the page, which

witi be redirected to the MAIN
ffffil:n"
30. The Chairperson will then oerfcrm.
_Re_Zero. From the MAIN MENU, the
Chairperson will tap on the ,i,TtLffIEs",il;ffi;
,t,I ,lnr_zrno,, op,tor,.
A, ThC SYSTCM WilI ASK tO "INSERT
THE SMART CARD FOR
IN THE CARD SLOr. to authenucate-t-hl;rocis;. OPERAT]ON
authenticate wirl be disptayed TL" <EB position> to
,i,h;l-o*I,:;;l',. li ,n. ,ou"r,.

"i#:ilIi.."#'ffi tfl-.r,il:,:ileinserredsmartcardandthenremove
c. The screen will displav instructions
to ,,/NSERT THE ZERO_OUT
sMARr cARD rN iuicayo
corresponding pIN. Remove the _iid-";"#:;;; then ask ror the
z"ro-o"t ,*ui.*il
d. The"PROCESSINGZER(
"GENERAn;;fi .%Y;?ffi ;TT;aTfl'lbedisplaved'rouowedbv
e. The ACM will print the Zero_Out
Report, while thr-o screen displays
"PRINTING THt zERo-ourREpoR?.

f.
Once the Zero-Out is completed,
the ACM will automatically
shut down.
Sec 3. Election Dau, T)te O",l.oTlg
procedures Jrrq, be
Day for the Vote C6unting M*r,r.".iedvi!s shall us followed
r' during Election

ELECTION DAY

L. Retrieve the ACM from its box.

Open the ACM hardcase and
inside the ACM hardcase;d; verifu the
ff::iil,l"""d the list indicatea in tne
2' show to the public that the left
at the back portion of the ACM
where the main and back-up -c-o-mparrment
USB bk;;;;; i.,L"uiaruly stored
and
sealed. These slots shall ,u-ui","ut"J
tmolrlioit?" rTS pro.ud*". are
3. Position the ACM bailot box where
the votels are colnuu*"., during
attacn tne ,roie. voting.
to the ba_uot bo*.
""ffi'ru""ptu"re
4. Properly place the ACM on top of the
ballot box.
t untl the scteen w,r in the right
i|H1"'l:f.t*ffi?i:lJ:n"*,# be

6. To install the thermal paper, perform

the following procedures:

a. Place the new thermal roll into the paper ro11 compartrnent.

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b. Behind the ACM monitor' simultaneously

unlock printer cover. snap the red buttons to

c. Lift the lid cover upward to

open the receipt printer.
d. PuIl out a portion of the thermal roll and place
on top of the sheet feeder.
*t:HitJ}*iua' u"a *'"inemii."#*""?ln. thermar ro, is

e. Close the printer cover and wait

Jor the ACM to automatically
and print the edge of the paper adjust
roll.
7 tn" oCM uthium battery
ff;#;tl @1.78v Li-ion) to the ACM. perform rhe

a. Retrieve the DC Lithium battery and

ACM cables.
b. Connect the ACM cable to the AC power
adapter and plug the other
into the electrical outlet end

c. Connect the cable of the AC power

adapter lvruTELLUT
connector (red) to the input
DC power port of the DC Litirium
b;";:'
d. From tt-r9 ultteg, remove the.cover
of the mare coaxiar connector
connect to the DC female coariut and
cuUtu coorrectoi.

e. Plug the other end into the ACM power

Lithiumbattery.
port and then switch on the

I Press the power_on bufton of

the ACM to wait until the Device
(System Informatiory Election Information
press the teft
rrf";";;;,*ij;.i,i.i
r,.,io",outior,1 t.
arrow to proceed u"tif tn" fn fr4"*ters
f.:$lr"O Enrollment

9' Before the ACM alrows the access

of the voting operations and
ACM features,
:1"#.-"*O*
should authenti.r," ii"
aCrvi#i rlquire re#stertng the EB

10. The message "INSER? ygllR SMAR?

CARD FOR OPERA?ION rN THE
CARD SLOT, is disolaved. Insert the
smai
then enter the .o.."rpo'.,dlrrg RtN. "*j "'i,r," EB Chairperson and

11. The AChr will now dispray-,THE EB

cI{AIRpERsoNALI?HENTTCATION
I^/As s uCCEss FUL. REMjVE THE
.MART a1;;.
12. Remove the smart card to proceed with
the EB registration of name. From
the regishation screeru the'ACM d,-rpt;y ,iNsE;tT
REGISTER THE EB MEMBER'S NA^,iE']
,n, ,uoo,
CARD To

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a. To register the EB Chairperson:

' Insert the operation smart card of

the EB chairperson. wait unt
message "READTNG THE SMART the
CAnO;iriiiruy"a.
. Once tl.te srnart card is_detected, the
nessage.lF yOU HAVE
?Hj.gIEIlIg^rs,ilrArii linD, aNDArNsER?
pNpKI
.ARD, REMovE
rHEpNpKrsMARrgtp_gTHEnvwin,-rvpivouRNAMEAND
PRESS THE ,ASSIGNI BUTTON."

. E_B ghairpersorfs name-and

press the ASSIGN button. Or
IntT,
the pNpKI use
card to exrract th" rn rt"r"i i? pN'xr.*a.
"i*u
. If the EB.Chairperson pNpI( card and enter
1s$ the
password and wait until the certificate
the extracted name _T Uu a@layed
on the
"""u,.u,y *a tft"'p;";;';i;
:fffUf,1li:"".displayed name if

' After pressing ,ASSI_GY buttoru the AC\4 l^,ill disptay ,,EB
CIIAIRPERSON NAMI REGTsTR;riorv
iiITarss FUL, KEM\VE
THE SMART 1ARD,,. Remove tri"-;;;;;;proceed
EB to register. to the next

b. To register the EB poll Clerk:

. Insert
the.operation ,Tgt-g*d of the EB poll
message ?EADING THE SMART
Clerk. Wait until the
CARO.is aispfayea.
. Once the smart card is detected, the
message.lF yOU HAVE
3ARD, REMovE THE.]PERATI)N;,i{ART A pNpRI
TH E PN P KI S MAR ? CARD. OTHER
tli.a aruo INSERT
PRESS THE'ASSICN' BUTTON,"
VWi E, iVPi i OUR NAME AND

. Enter EB poll Clerk,s name and press the

ASSIGN buttoru Or use the
PNPKI card to extract the EB
"u_" t
,to.ua ti"-pNpl( card.
. If the EB poll Clerk u:gq the pNpKI card and
enter the certificate
password and wait until the exftacted ,.,u*u
_lU tu atpUyea or., ttre
:l^"-1-:9jt the displayed name if ,r"""rr*y *d tli"",p;;;';;;
'ASSIGN'button.

' l*:-q.::rlng'ASSIGN'_butto& the ACM will dispray ,,EB pOLt

CLER( NAME REGISTRATION SUCCESSFUT.- REMOVE
SMAR? CARD". Remove the smart THE
registration of EB. "r.d
;;;;o..ed to the nexr

c. To register the EB Member:

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r Insert the operation smart card of the EB pon crerk.

message "READING THE SMART CARD" is displayed.
wait unt the

. Once tlrc smart yOU HAVE A pNpKI

letected, the message "IF
c11d_ys
CARD, REMOVE THE OPERAITON S;IART CANA
A}VO IrVSrii
THE PNPKI SMAR,T CARD. OTHER]7f/rSE, ryPE YOUR
NAME ;ND
PRESS THE 'ASSIGN' BUTTON,"

' Enter EB Membet's name aad press the ASSIGN button. Or use the
PNPKI card to extract the name stored in the pNpKI card.
. If the EB Mernber used EB the pNpIC card and enter the certificate
password and wait until the extracted name will
be dis;i"fd;ffi;
screery edit the disptayed name if necessary u"a *,"", p."r, ii.r"
'ASSIGN, button.

. qrelsrng,ASSIGN,butto& the ACM will disptay ,,EB

,tjfg MEMBER
NAME REGIS?RATION SUCCESSFUL. REMOV| THE
CARD".
SIIARi
Remove the smart card to display the Main
menu.
13' Check the Date and rime displayed on the l0werreft
corner of the screen. If
the date and/or time is incorrect, perform the following
procedu"es:
a. Tap the UTILITES menu and select the CHANGE
DATE AND TIME.
b. The required EB members shall insert the operation
authentication- .TNSERI card for
T:Tgp3e_" THE SiiART CanO-rOii
OPERATTONIN ?HE CARDSIOf wi]l display.

c. The Chairp**"
"READING THE :,yil_ L*:rt_ the operation smart card, a message
SMART CARD", und th"r, a message "THE
CARD
INSERTED IS FOR THE EB CHAIRPERSON. ENTER
THE PIN',,
d. Enter the pIN of the C-hairperson and then
the system will displav
TgTase "rHE _EB
EB cHAlRpERsoN AurHEiia;ioNlir;i
SUCCESSFUL. PLEASE REMOZE THE CARD". Th"
EB C;;rper*;
shall remove the card and will display the current date u.ra ti-,"
OK button.
*iti
e. Tap the displayed DATE or TIME to adjust and then
press the CANCEL
option to revoke the action or OK to reflect the chanjus -- -- '---
*ua".
f. Press OK button to return to the UTILITIES sub_menu.

g. Press X mark in the bottom left comer of the screen

to return to the Main
menu.

14. To start the voting process, the EB shall open the election:

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a. Tap the OPEN VOTING button to disptay .INSERT ?HE

SMART CARD
FOR OPERATIONINTHE CARD SLOT;

b. Insert the smart card for operation of the Chairperson which will then
1iry]:f-_,E -message "THE ]ARD TNSERTiD rs FoR rHE EB
CITAIRSPERSON. EN?ER THE pIN,,. Enter the pIN of
the EB
Chairperson.

c. After successful authentication, the message "THE EB CHAIRPERSON

AUTHEI{TICATION WAS SUCCESSFUL'i, 'REMOVE THE
SMART
C,ARD." EB Chairperson shall remove the smart card continue
lhe with
the pnnhng of the Initialization report

d. The_ messages ',GENERATING THE REPORT... PRIN"ING THE

INITIALIZATION REPORT... " will appear on the screen while
simultaneously-printing the Initiarization Report. The r.eport
w l show
Zero (0) vote for each candidate including the graphic information
P,1_._T:!/,uj*f.9,.^..l /-dcipatiry, aaranga:y, voting Center,
Llusrered l.rectnct iD, precincts in a Cluster, Machine ID, SeriaTNumber,
ACM Configuration, Number of Registered voters, Number of Balloi
Counted, Number of Ballot Counted, and Number of Ballots Rejected-

15 After printing the Initiarization Report, the Chairperson, EB Member

and porl
C]erk, including the representatives of the political parties, candidates,
or
arms present, shall affix their signatures thereon. Secure
S*"T' the printed
Initialization report and place it in the Enverope (A17-TS) p.o"ia"a'io.
ir.,u
pulpose.

L6. is now ready to accept ballots. At this time, the ACM screen
Tlr" .ACY
display the message ,,PLEASE INSERT THE BALLOT^.
will

17. is now ready to accept ballots. At this time, the ACM screen
Tl".ACY will
display the message ,'pLEASE IiVSERT THE BALLOT,.
,1Q
Once the ballot is inserted, the ACM displays the following in sequence:

a. "SCANNING THE BALLOT, message, followed by ,,VERIFyING

THE
BALLOT'.

b The VOTE \GRIFICATION SCREEN displays the voted candidates on

the screen for the voter to review within ihe set number of seconds and
an option to "RE?URN" or "CAST,, the ballot. Tap on,,CAS?., button
to
proceed with the voting.

c The succeeding messages will be displayed:

. SAYING VOTERESI]LT
. DEPOS/TING THE BALLOT IN THE BALLOT BOX
, GENERA"ING THE VOTE RECEIPT

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d. prints the Vote. Receipt white the .PRIMIING

1.^1-9y
RECEIPT, ^ THE VOTE
message is displayed.

e. After whictL the BALLOT REVIEW screen containing

the actual bailot
image of the balrot cast by the vote. w*
number of seconds.
then be irrpr"y"a
-i i"*i.r"i
. Scroll up to view the voted candidates for
all the positions.
. Tap on the "PJGHT ARROW. button to display
the back face of the
ballot.

. Tap on the " IJGHT ARROW. button to exit.

19. Continue with the voting process until the

end. of the voting time.

20. After the voting and casting of votes, perform

the CLOSE VOTINC with the
following procedures:

a. Go to the MAIN WJ{y.pt-rllgting the smart card

of any of the EB
members and yOTfNG..
then select,,CLOSE

b. Insert the smart card for. opelation of the Chairperson which

will then
1i'-p]:f_!: message "rur. cano TNSERTfD rs FoR rur'is
CHAIRSPERSON. EMIER THE PlI{"

c. After successful authentication, remove the smart card.

d. Insert the smart card for operation of either the poll

Clerk or EB Member
y,T:hyt gg dispray the messa8e ,,rur Ciro TNSERTED
?HE <EB POSI?ION>. Erurrn rnr"prru-.
rs FOR

e. After successful authenticatiory remove the smart card.

f. The ACM will ask to,,SELECT THE EB ROLE TO
DIG.TALL' SIGN THE
ELECTION RESIJLTS,,.Tap on the ,,EB CHAIRpERSOM,
first.
g. The instruction ,,INSER? THE SMART CARD WITH
THE pNpKI
DIGITAL SIGNA"URE IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE INSER?
OPERA?ION SMART CARD" witl be disptayed.
i';
h' Input the corresponding plN/password of the card inserted and then
remove the card if the plN/password is accepted.
i' Tap on either the por Clerk or EB Member io sign and
then insert the
smart card of the se'lected <EB position>

j. Input the corresponding plN/password of the card inserted

and then
remove the card if the plN/password is accepted.

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k. Tap on the " DONE" button to continue with close voting.

21. The ACM will proceed with the generation of election results.

a. lrg 19ssag e', TABULATIN G RESULT... and then,,GENERATING ?HE

EIECTION RETURNS FOR NATIONAT POSITIOfVS..." *iflr
percentage
willbe displayed.

b Tu grinting of the nine (9) copies of Election Returns for National

Positions wiil start, while the message "PRIN?ING THE ELECTION
RE?URNS NATTONAL 1OF 30" is disfhyed

* }*y:ld.r, the-message "GENERATING ?HE ELECTTON RE?URNS

FOR LOCAL pOSIIIONS...,,with percentage will be displayed
d. The printing of the nine (9) copies of Election Returns
for Locar positions
will stalt while the message "PRINTING THE ELECTION RETURN;
LOCAL 1 OE 30" is disptayed.

e. Secure the election returns and place them in

the envelope provided
the purpose.
for

22. completed, the message "GENERA?ING DATA

?T:_fgF"g_:s
RESUITS"
FOR CCS
will be displayed following
i-he tralsmission.

a. Tlq aCIU will display.message ,,DO yOU WANT TO TRANSMIT?.

with',SKrp TR ANSMisSrOm""aoa "srani rnaruls,rarsslorv;;p;;;.
To proceed, select',STAR? TRANSMISSIOM, button.

b. It will then proceed with the transmission to the following

servers:
. MBOC: [City/Municipa] CCSI
. Central Server
. Dominant Minority Server

.'
Dominant Majority Server
Media Server
, Citizerf s ARMM Sewer 1
. Citizen's ARMM Server 2

c After the transmission to different sewers, the ACM will display

the
summary results of the transmission.

d. Immediately after the set time-out to display the summary

resu_lt, the
genelatg and print the.Transmission Report iniicating
1CM 1+
stafus of transmission and received per destination server-
the

e Veify the results if all servers have successfully transmitted the results
"TRANSMITTED/IDATE AND TIME]; received
status
"RECEIVED/ IDATE AND TrME] "

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23' After the transmission, it will automatically

print twenty-one (21) copies of
National returns and twenty_one (21)
c"pis:;iiocar returns and then the
ACM will automatica_lly generate and print
ttre SfeffSUCaL REPORT.

, Statistical Report, the ACM wilt automaticalty

return to the
ffffifi;t$f,the
NOTE: Ou.r*rsion is not successful, perform the following
proced,r..X

a. Check transmission device if properly comected

then re_transmit the
results.

b. From the Main Menu screerL press

"RE_TRANS ZJT,

c. The SERVER LIST wil be displayed containing

servers, buttons colored green for iuccessfr_:I
ail the destination
trarismission and red for
f ailed transmission/ transinission
attempts.
d. Select the destiration server where to
re_transmit the election results.
e. The ACM will displav the-message .RETRANSMIT?ING
TO ID ESTtN ATIOw'srn yrn] " "-tth th" ;;;;;ssion THE RESUT?
starus uetow.
ljj::. wil
y!.r, disptay th" "RE?R {Nsd;}-i;N oF REsurrs
SUMMARY".
f The ACM wiJl generate and print the Transmission
lh" resulrs-
"TRANSMITTED/IDATE
?i-;i:;;," ;;";*;i" "";;;HIl#.
-
Reor
L;T*
,,RECEIVED/ --A_ry-D
TIMEI. 1"*t""a status
[DATE AND TIME]"
25 Perform the WpAT VOTE RE\1EW by selecting the button displayed on the
MAINMENU.

a. The system wilt ask to "INSER? ?HE SMART

CARD FOR OPERATION
IN THE CARD SLOT, to authenticate tt u p.o""rr.
authenticate will be displayed at the lowei portior,
ft u <EB position> to
oiit u ,"r"ur,.
b. Enter the corresronding pIN of the inserted
smart card and then remove
the smart card from the card slot.

c. On the VVPAT VOTE REVIEW SCREEN, the instrucrions

to,,SCdN OR
CODE OF THE VVPAT'will be {irprur"O. place tne
--'- VWaT
in front of the camera, inside the y"ilo- bo*. -- ' eR CODE

d. The voted candidates will be displayed on the right_side part of the

screen.

e. Tap on the " FRONT FACE button to display the front

face of the ballot
image. Tap on the,,RIGHTARROW,, bution to display
the other side of

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AOVI OPERATToN pRocEDUREs
Annex B

the ballot To E)CT the screen, tap on the

" UIGHT ARROI4/, bunon
again.

a "3ONEIRM" bunon and continue scanning

[ilaffif" the remaining

NOTE: The total number of WpAT to be

scanned shottlil corresltond to
the total number of battoti cast,

g. Once a_11 the WpAT have been

scanned, the "pRIMI VV\AT ALIDIT
REPORfl button will be enabled. tup on
automaticarly print two copies of the report
th" brttor, which will
forNationar positions
two (2) copies for Local poiitions. ' and

26. Perform the BALLOT REVIEW by selecting

the button displayed on the
MAINMENU.

a. The ballot image wit\ the voted candidates will be displaved.

together with the Total 9n]y
Baliot Count *Jc;;;t
Bu,o,-Coird.*r=*,
b. Scroll up/down to view all the candidates per
position.
c. Tap on the ,,RIGHT ARROW, button to display
images.
the other ballot

d. Tap on the ,,X,,

icon to exit the page, which will be
redirected to the
MAINMENU.

27. To print the Audit Log Report, perform the following

procedures:
a. From the MAIN IvfNU, tap on ,,REpORTS,,
which will display a1I
the reports that can be reprinted.

b. Select the ,ALlDlT LOG

REpORT,, button.

c. The Start and End Date and Time will be displayed.

d. To change the start/end date and tim e,

tap on the Date and /or Time
values, select the correct date and time and
then tap on the .,pRIN?-,
button. Otherwi se, tap on the " X" beside the ,,SELECT
ALL RANGE'tO start the printing.

e. After printing the screen will return to the "REPORTS" sub_menu

f. Tap on the X mark to go to the MAIN MENU.

28' The-
chairperson win then perform the FINAL BACKUP.
From the MAIN
MENU, the Chairperson wiit choose ttre "HfVaf
AatKUp,, button.

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ACM OPERATToN PRoCEDURES
Annex B

a. The system *Il--1;\ to ,,INSER? THE SMART CARD FOR

OPER 4TION IN THE CARD SfOf to auUienUcate
the process. The
;rTI::i::"X,
to authenticate witl be displayed at
the il;;;il;;
b. Enter the corresponding pIN of the inserted
smart card and then
remove the smart card from the card slot

c. The message "PROCESSING FINAL

BACKUI,, will be displayed.

d. Once completed, the ACM_disptays

a confirmation message ,,FINAL
BACKUP SUCCESSFUT, PRESS ?HE
THEACM".
Oi AUNTOiV TO SHiJ,I,O;^fi

Sec, 4,Arrtlrority of the Commissi.on to Atlopt Additionat procedures,

Commission may adopt additi.or]ll ACM _ The
counting and transmission to fuIfir itr
;d;ti;;*p-cu.t,"", in the voting,
co*uufo"uf -r.rouru to ensure free,
orderly, hones! and peaceful and cedibfe
efecfions.

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625 W*
Republic of the philiooures
COMMISSION ON ELb'CTIONS

12 MAY 2025
NATIONAI., LOCAI, AND BANGSAMORO
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

FROM TIM CITY/MT]IVCIPAL TREASURER

CEF RATE OFDISTRIBUTION

NO. DESCRIPTION PER CLUSTERED
PRECINCT
ELECTIONFORMS

A3 Poster Indicating precincts

Numbers 1 Piece

A6 Official Ballots 1 Piece per voter

412 Paper Seal

Pieces

A13 Certificate olVotes )n Pieces

Certificate of Receipt of
A14 Official Ballots, Other Forms
and Supplies by the Electoral J Pieces
Board

427 OfEcial Receipt of Election

Returns 10 Pieces

ENVELOPES FOR VOTING AND COUNTING

For Rejected bailots, Half of

A16
Tom Unused Official Ballots
and Other Half of Torn J Pieces
Unused Official Ballots

At7 For Election Returns 30 Pieces

OTHEREI{\ryLOPES

A18-B For Main Storage Device 1 Piece

 A18-C Initializ ation Report, Audit
to A18- Log, Precinct Statistical and J Pieces
E WPAT Audit Reports

OTIIERFORMS
Temporary Appointment of
A.30/A31
E
Chairperson,/Po1l Clerk,/Third Pieces
Member/ S ort Staff
Certifi cate of Challenge or
A35 Protest and Decision of the
Electoral Board
E Pieces

439 o atlt of V o ter C hal1 enge for

n1 Acts tr Pieces

A40
Oath of Identi-fication of
Challe d Voter
SUPPLIES
tr Pieces

Multi Copy Paper (1ong) 20 Pieces

Ballot Secrecy Folder t2 Pieces
Thumbprin t/Fingerprint
Taker 1 Piece
Plastic S ecuriry Seal for the
Ba11ot Box 5 Pieces

Indelible Stain Ink 4 Bottles

Ball en Pieces
 ,ANNEX
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2 25 i:'i!#^
Rcpublic of the philinniner
coMlvtrssloN oN BrptrtoNs

MAY 12, 2025

NATIONAL, I.OCAT AND BARMM ELECTIONS

Barangay: trlunicipality: Province Region:

- oting Center:
(PleaE do nor abbr.viatcl

GAWAD NG KAPAHINTI'LUTAN/PAGPAPAI'BAYA
IWATVER AND AWHOEIZATION T'IORM)
Sa pamamagital ng aking lagda, igioagawad
ko ang aking kapahintulutan sa mga sumusunod:
1. Para sa ppp/s-ppp Stipport kunin ang aking balota.mula sa nakatalagang
polltng place at dajhin ito sa akin.
_Stafi^upang
pagkatapos kong"p,rr,.ri
sa mvelope at dada.lhin pabalik ulrg ur<rrrg uulota ay isisilid ito
eEn,rrg lf,Ja'fi.iu.boto
"" "."rr sa takda.ng oras; at,

' :il;:1:1*l35l};ll*u totgav ang aking barota sa nasabing

PPP/ s-ppp s,ppor,
ayilaba,ksaEBng;;#fi tT",liffi .i,t?;litrf3tT:"",rHf,trr"ffi
satoobng baltot box sa:natap r"h";e _e";y"ii*"iJ iT#
Aide/ s, at uatchers.
"e "a,

Botante
(l,agda sa lbabao ng pangalan) Thu-orbmartr
(Kung unldng kdkayalwng makapag
sulat)
Patulay ng paghaka}t1anlaq,:
Prechct No.

PPP/S-PPP Support StaIf

(Lagda. sa lbabau ng pdngq,ld.n)

EB Chairpersoa
(Lagda. sa thq.bdu, ng pangata'.)

PAITUNUMPA NG ASSIS?OR
rdssls?oR,s oA?J'
Ako. si, _-:.....- ay tumulong sa taong nakapangalan sa itaas nito
paghahanda ng balota nang naaayon sa
kurly.nf kugu"t"h-;. Ak" ay nangalgakong hiadi
"a kanin'uml
isisiwalat ang nilalalamar ng kanyang balota
kut it ,r. uor-ur,g kadahilanan.
".

Asslstor I(augnayan sa bota.!.te

(Lagda sa lbabau ng pangalar.)

Patuo.ay ng pagkakakilao_laa:
 xDl'
2,,.25'iiiitis",
Republic of the Philippines
COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS

MAY t2,2025
NATIONAL, LOCAL AND BARMM ELECTIONS

Baralgay: Municipality: Province: Region: Voting Center:

lPlease do not abtEviate)

GAWAD NG KAPAHINTULUTAN/ PAGPAPAUBAYA

(wArlrER AND AUTHORTZATION FOAnWI
sa pamamagitan ng atcing lagda, iginagawad ko ang aking kapahintulutan sa
mga sumusunod:
1 Pa.ra sa separate voting Room (svR) sfl na siyang kumuha sa aking balota mula sa
Clusteled-Spp bago ang simula ng_ b-otohan, sa enuelope-aag
pagkatapo; "p-"rrji"iUa
punan at. dada.lhin sa piuing- "ki";;rl.t;
_F9 itong place lmng saajl napapa.bilang ang
akir,g eslablish.ed precinct sa taldang oras; at
2. Para sa_.DB Cluirperson, upang ibigay sa aasabing SIzl? SS ang aking
balota na
nakasilid sa enuerope; at para sa.sr&'ss, na siyang"maga"a"r"
balota at pagkatapos kong punan-ito ay kaniyani ibi'Ualit' sa ee ".-.r.i"-
ig-"ui.*uirrI
,rg poUirrg i1."" torrri
saar ako dapat boboto upeng ihrrlog a',s balita Ja loob ng aaflot aix'"a;;;;;;
ng mga miyembro ng EE SIr? SS, at 7t)dtchers. i;il;i

Botante Thumbmark
llagila sa.lbabano ng pangelan) (Kung untarq kdkagahang makapagsulat)

Patunay ag paghakakilanlan: Precltct No.

SVR Support Staff

Fagda sa tbdbqut ng pangalaa)

EB Chalrpersoa
(Lagd.a. sq,lbd.bdw ng pangalan)

PANUNUMPA I{G ASSISTOR

rAssrs?oR,s oArII)
Ako si, ay tumulong sa taong nal<apangalan sa itaas nito sa
paghahanda ng ba-lota nang naaayon kar_l.ang kagustuhafl. Ako ay nangarrgakorrg hindi
isisirpalat arg nilalalamar ng kanyang _sg
balota kaninuman sa kahit na anumang t"a*riturr"rr.

Asslstor Naugta:rat sa botaate

(Lagdq. sd lltq.bqu ag pangalan)

Patutay ag pagkaka.ldlaala:er_
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Republic of ttre philiooures

coMrr{rssroN oN n lt'crrons

MAY !2,2025
NATI ONAL, LOCAL AND BARMM ELECTIONS

ELECTION FORMS, DOCUMENTS AND

SUPPLIES
FOR THE PPPAND S-PPP

A. F'ROM THE CI?Y/MIINICIPAL TREASI'RER

CEF NO. FO RM AND SUPPLIES QUAl[?rTY UNIT ALLOCATION
ELECTI ON FORMS
A]2 P er Seals 10 eces PPP Aide
Tem porary Appointment
A30/A31
of PPP SS 5 pleces per PPP
Certificate of
435 Challenge/Protest arrd 5 pleces per PPP
Decision of the Board
,4.39
Oath of Voter Challenged
for Acts 5 pleces per PPP
A40 Oath of Identification of
Ch Voter 5 pleces per PPP
EIvvELOPES
E nvelopes for Official
Ballots for Ballot pick U 5 pleces per PPP Aide
E nvelopes for Official
Ballots for Ba_liot
prece
per clustered
Submission to the 1
precinct
Electoral Board
OTHER FORMS
Gau.ndng
Kapahintulutuan/
Pagpapaubaga pV atvet 100 pleces per PPP
and Authorization Forms
SUPPLIES
Lo b o o k 1 5 0 sh e et ece
) 1 per PPP
Bond 5 eces er PPP
Ball en 5 pleces er PPP
Thumbmark Ta-ker 2 eces er PPP
Indelible Stain In[ 1 bottle per PPP
Ba.11ot Secre Folder 10 pleces er PPP
Mar Pen 72 pieces PPP
Rubber Band 1 box per PPP
 Gauadng
Kapahinhtlutuan/
Pagpapaubaga pV aler 1 plece per PPP/
arrd Authorization Forms) S-PPP
S

Voter Turnout Form I plece

per PPP/S-
PPP
PPP j)lece
1 per PPP
PPP Desk s - plece
1 per PPP
PPP Directiooal S 2 pleces PPP
S-PPP S plece
S-PPP Desk
1
_ PPP
1 plece S-PPP
S-PPP Directional
2 pleces per S-PPP
Instruction to per PPP/
Voters St toV I plece
S-PPP
PPP/S-PPP SS iD I plece per PPP/
S-PPP SS
ID Lanyards andJ- 1 per PPP/
Jackets plece
S-PPP SS

B. FROM THE ELECTION OFTICER

a. One (1) copy of the blank EDCVL for ppps/S_ppps;

and
b. One (1) copy of the Voter Turnout Form per ppp and
S-ppp.
The PPP Team Leader shall carefully check the different
-
documents and supplies, and tle election forms,
qruoiti"" a"tuutty .""eiv"a.
 :l i... '-
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".A,NNEX F"
2 25 ii*i:,.,.,

_ Republic of rhe philippines

coMMrssroN oN pr,b.grrous
May 12, Z02S
NATIONAL, LOCAL AND BARMM
ELECTIONS

- VOTERTURNOUT
for Persons rvith Disabilities, Senior Citizens,
and pregnant Voters

PPP
S.PPP
Region
Voting Ceater:
Province
No. of Barangays
Ciry/ Municipality/ District:

A. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Type of TYPE OF ASSISTANCE

Male Fcmole Total
Disability
ASSISTOR VISUAL COMN4 MULTIPLB
ASSISTANCE ASSISTANCE NOND TOT.{L
ASSISTANCE
Dea? Ilard of
Hearing

Intellechral

Lesrnirg

Mental

Physical

Psvchosocial

Speech and
Language

Visual

Csncer

Rare Disease

GRAND TOTA'

B. SENIOR CITIZENS
C. ASSTSTOR-VOTERS
Type ofDisabtliry Malc Femtlo Totrl Malc Fernole
NO DISABILITY Totsl
-
Deafl llard ofHeoring

lntellcctual
D. PREGNANTVOTERS
Learning
Total
Mental

Physical

Psychosocial

Speech and Languagc

Visual

Concer

Rarc Diseasc

GRAND TOTAL

We certi$ to the accuracy of the above data

PPP/S.PPP SuDrrort Stoff

(Sig@ture O).rP; e.t NaD'a) El$upp",rsr-rfl
(rtsMhtre o,er Pnnt Natte) .t
lppiS-pry s,rDp"rr sr"ff
c4t pihe.t Nd;;dj'
ppp/sppp
' s,rpp"rr srrltt-
oryndlnre isi:i,ii a*p,,*"a p**t
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"ANNEX G'

Republic of the philippines

COM}IISSION ON ELECTIONS

MAy12,2025
NATIONAL, LOCAL AND BARMM ELECTIONS

ELECTION FORMS, DOCUMENTS AND SUPPLIES

FORTHE PDL-SPP

A, FROM THE CITY/MUNICIPAL TREASURER

CEF NO. FORMS AND SUPPLIES RATE OF

DISTRIBI.TTION

ELECTION FORM s
P oster indicating Precinct Piece per Jail Facility
A3 1
Number Detention Centei
A5 & A5-
A ppointment of Chairman/poll
Clerk/Member of the SEB_pDL Pieces per SEB-pDL
A J
and PDL
and PDL-SS SS

A.11 Minutes of Voting and Counting S etof 2 pieces per

1
PDL-SPP
A-12 Pa Seals 20 Pieces PDL-SS
for A15, A1,6, AL6-A, and 416-B 4 Pieces per PDL-SS
for A1B and A1B-A 2 Pieces PDL-SS
Certificate of Receipt of Official
Ballots, Other Forms and 2 Pieces per PDL-SEB
414
Supplies for SEB-pDL

Rul es and Regulations for pDL

Vo 1 Piece per PDL-SEB

Waiver for PDL Voting Piece per Jail Facilrty

50
Detention Center
Voter Turnout Form Piece PDL-SPP
ENVELOPES
Expandable Envelopes f oi
Official Ballots for PDL Voters
(from EB Chairperson of the 10 Pieces per PDL-SS
re ts)
Expandable Envelopes for the
AccompLished Official Ballots 10 Pieces per PDL-SS
 (fro m the PDL-SPP)

Ai8 & 18- En e o p for Min u tes o f o ting

Se t of 2 pieces pei
A and Co untin o t o tes 1.
SEB-PDL
oTHER FORMS
Temporary appointment of
A30/A31 Chairman/ Po11 Clerk/ Third 10 Pieces per SEB-pDL
Member/Sl StaJf
Certificate of Challenge or protest
AJtr 4
and Decision of the Board Pieces per SEB-pDL

A39 oath of Voter Challenge for

m 4 Pieces per SEB-pDL
Acts
Oa th of Identification of
A'40
Challe 4 Pieces per SEB-pDL
Voter
SUPPLIES
Ballpen 10 Pieces r PDL-SPP
Ballot Secrec Folder 12 Pieces r PDL-SPP
Rubber band 1 Box er PDL-SPP
Bond a 5 Sheets er PDL-SPP
P Ta 1 Piece PDL-SPP
Scissors 1 Piece per PDL-Spp
Thumbmark/ Fin t Taker Piece
1. er PDL-SPP
Marking Pen 12 Pieces per PDL-Spp
lndelible Stain Ink 1 Bottle per PDL-SPP
Rags (for wip ing ink) 5 Pieces per PDL-Spp
Alcohol (50 mL) 1 Bottle per PDL-Spp
OTHER SUPPLIES
Ins tr uc tion o ters Gab av s a
1
Per Jail Facility/
P a bo t o T aulin (3 x6 ft Detention Center
General Instructions on PDL
Votin for SEB-PDL 2 Per PDL-SPP

PDL-SPP Signages (4 x 6 ft.) Per Jail Facilityrr

2
Detention Center
Directional Signages (4 x 6 ft.) Per Jail Facility/
1
Detention Center
SEB-PDL ID 3 Per SEB-PDL
PDL.SS ID 1 Per PDL-SS

ID Lanyard Per SEB-PDL and

1
PDL-SS
ID Jacket Per SEB-PDL and
1
PDL-SS
 B. FROM THE ELECTION OMCER
a. One (1) copy of the pCVL_pDL and EDCW_pDL; and

b. One (1) copy of the pDL Voter Turnout Forn

The sEB-pDL shall caref,ry check

and supplies and the quantities aitually
:'- erection forms, documents
"'
the different
receivea.-
 "ANNEX E{'

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Republic of the philiooines
coMMrssroN ou nlb'cuoxs
MAY 12, 202s
NATIONAL, LOCAL A]VD BARMM ELECTIONS

ELECTION FORMS, DOCUMENTS AND SUPPLIES

FOR THE AVC AND E-SPP

1. TTROM THE CITY OR MUMCIPAL TREASURER

CEF NO. FORMS AND SUPPLIES QUANTITY UNIT ALLOCATION

ELEC?ION rORMS
Poster indicating
lt.) clustered precinct 1 plece per clustered
number precinct
A6 Official Ballots
Appointment arrd Oath of
1 _ per voter
A5& Office of DESO/DESO per clustered
A5-A SS/ Chairmarr/ poll 9 pieces
precinct
Clerk Members of the EB
All Minutes of Voting and 1 set of2 per clustered
Coun of Votes copies set
precinct
F.72 Paper Seals 2 pleces
per clustered
precinct
Certificate of Receipt of
L14 Official Batlots, Other per clustered
Forms arrd Supplies by J pleces
precinct
EB
427 OIficial Receipt of per clustered
Election Returns 10 pleces
ec1nct
OT}IER FORMS
Temporary Appointment
and Oath of EB
As0/A31 Chairperson/ Po11 3 pleces per clustered
Clerk/Third precinct
Member Su ort Staff
Certificate of
AJJ Challenge/Protest and 10 pleces per clustered
Decision of the Board precinct
Oath of Voter Challenged per clustered
439 10 pieces
for lllegal Acts ct
Oath of I dentification of per clustered
440 10 pleces
Challenged Voter precinct
 "ANNEX H'
Rules and R egulations on
Voting of Indigenous
Peoples (IPs) in AVCs and
SPPS for the 2025 NLE J pleces per clustered
arrd the Succeeding precinct
Elections Thereafter
Gau.ndng
Kapahintulutuan/
Pagp ap aub aa a (lv alver
and Au th of-tz ation F o rm S 150 pleces per clustered
precinct
d Panu nump a ng
As s1 st o r As sisto s o ath
Voter Tumout Form 1 plece per clustered
cmct
ENVELOPES
E nvelopes for Official
2 pleces per clustered
Ballots
Envelo pes for Minutes ecinct
set per clustered
and Coun of Votes 1

For Rej ected ba-110ts, Ha_lJ clnct

of Torn Unused Official
A16 Ballots and Other Hatf of 3 per clustered
Pieces
Torn Unused Officiai precirrct
Ballots
F.77 For Election Returns 30 Pieces
per clustered

,A.18-B For Main Storage Device 1 Piece

per clustered
ec1llct
418-C, For Initializa tion Report,
A18-D, & Audit Logs, Precinct per clustered
Statistical arrd WpAI 3 Pieces
A18-E precinct
Audit orts
SUPPLIES

Multicopy Paper 20 pleces per clustered

ct
Ballpen 5 pleces per clustered
cinct
Thumbprint Taker 1 piece per clustered
cinct
Indelible Stain Ink 1 bottle per clustered
ecinct
Ballots Secrecy Folder L2 pieces per clustered

Marking Pen 12 pleces per clustered

cinct
Rubber Band per clustered
1 box
cmct
P1 astic Security Seal for
5 pleces per clustered
the Ballot Box
ct
 ,ANNEX
H'
Seal with Steel Wire for
plece per clustered
Ballot Box 1
precinct
AVC/E-SPP Signages I plece per AVC/E-
SPP
AVC/E-SPP Desk per AVC/E-
Signages 1 plece
SPP
AVC/ E-SPP Directional per AVC/ E-
2 pleces
SPP
Instruction to per AVC/ E-
Voters stoV 1 plece
SPP
per AVC/E-
AVC/E.SPP ID 1 plece SPP EB
member
AVC/E-SPP ID Lanyards per AVC/E-
and Jackets 1 plece SPP EB
r:.ember
BIR Forms 9
per clustered
Pieces
_lrrecinct
The EB shall carefully check the different election forms, documents
_ and
:upp]ies. irng the quantity actually received. The EB shall sign C"rtifi;;;;f
ReceiptlgEllYo. Ai4) in three (3) topies, one [1) copy of wrrid shalt
" b.;.;;;
by the EB. The two (2) other copies shall b; ;uti.;; t" th. aityTM;;;i;;
Treasurer who shall keep the same_ for his or her ile, and ,ft".
f,T*:,."I{-TTsmit "1";ii.;;;-;fun
one (1) copy thereof to the concemed Ei""ti;; Offi;;Eaj
lor submlsslon to the Election Records and Statistics Department (ERSD).
II. FROM THE EO:

There shall be per AVC and E-Spp:

a. Two sets of pCVL_Ip duly cerrified by tlle ERB:

i. One copy for posting outside the polling place; and

ii. The other copy for use of the EB during the voting; and

b. The EDCW-Ip duly certifred by the ERB.

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Republic of the pbiliooines

coMl\fissloN ow plb'crrons

MArr L2,20/25
NATI ONAL, LOCAL AIID BARMM
ELECTIONS

ELECTION FORMS,
-DocuMENTs AND suppLIES
FOR THE SVR OF C-SPP
1. FROM THE CIT]T OR MUMCIPAL
TREASURER

CEF NO. FORMS AND SUPPLIES

QUANTITY UNIT ALLOCA?ION
ELECTION FORMS
lTJ
Poster indic ating clustered
rectnct nu mber 1 plece per clustered
A6 Official Ballo t s crnct
1 CI voter
Appointm ent and Oath of
A5& Office ofDESO/DESO SS/
A5-A Chairman/poll 9 pieces per clustered
Clerk/Members of the EB precinct
and SS for SVR
All Min utes of Voting and 1 set.of 2
Countin of Votes set per clustered
co
412 Paper Seals per clustered
2 pleces
C ertifi cat ct
414
of Rec eipt o f
offi cial Ba-11ots, o th er J pleces per clustered
Form s and Su EB precinct
OTHER FORMS
,q.30/A31 Temporary Appointment of
SVR Su 3 pleces per clustered
Staff
Certificate of ec1nct
A35 Challenge/protest and per clustered
10 pleces
Decision of th e Board precinct
A39 o ath of Voter C h allenged
for m 10 pleces per clustered
Ac ts
Oath of Identification of cmct
440 per clustered
Ch d Voter 10 pleces
Rules arrd Regulations on ecmct
Voting of Indigenous
Peoples (IPs) in AVCs and
SPPs for the 2025 NLE 2 pieces per clustered
and the S u cce eding precinct
E e ctions Th ere after
Gatuad ng
Kopahirxulutuan/
Pagpapaubaga pVatver 150 pleces per clustered
and Authorizati ot Forms precinct
 afl d Panu nump a ng
slsto r Assi Stor' s o ath
Voter Tumout Form per clustered
1 plece
ENVELOPES
Envelopes fo r Official
Ballots 2 pieces per clustered
Envelop es for Minutes and ct
Coun ting of Votes 1 set per ciustered
For R eJ ecte d b a1l ot s H alf cinct
o f Tom U n u s e d offi c al
410 Ballots and Other Half of
pleces per clustered
Torn Unused Officia_l precinct
Ballots
SUPPLIES

Log Book per clustered

1 plece
eclr}ct
Multicopy paper 20 per clustered
pieces
recrnct
Ballpen 5 per clustered
pleces
clnct
Thumbprint Taker per clustered
1 plece
ecllrct
Indeiible Stain Ink per clustered
1 bottle
ecinct
Ballots Secrecy Folder t2 per clustered
pleces
c1nct
Marking pen pleces per clustered
ec]rrct
Rubber Band per clustered
1 box
SVR 1 ece er SVR
SVR Desk S lgnages 1 plece per SVR
SVR Directional S lgnages
2 pieces per SVR
Instruction to
Voters/ Steps to Vo ting 1 piece per SVR
SVR SS ID plece
1 per SVR SS
S\,R SS ID Lanyards
and Jackets 1 plece per SVR SS

II. FROM THE EO:

There shall be per SVR, through the EB

of C_Spp, the following:
a. T\Eo sets of pCVLp duly certified by the
ERB:
a. One copy for posting outside the polling
place; and
b. The other copy for use of the EB during the
voting; and
b. The EDCVLIp duly certified by the ERB.
 C.E. Form No. A30

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COI\{MISSION ON ELb'CTIONS

NATIoNAL,'.""XII1i;1TflMM ELEcTIoNS
(Cir1,/Municipoi il.y, Dirh.ict, 'ot,i
Pt ce q tl Regio )
(D. e .k Tine)
lNSlRt!?I?NS: Pret uc h, tttcc (3) ct,t ies. The First
co?].to tre rctuinctl l,t th

Choit'person/Meubers/Suppo,.t I Electotal Bounl (EBl tnd Thirl cttp1,

Skl\o! rhe Elactotnl Bottnl. issuatl tr

TEMPORARY A PPOINTIVIENT
OF ELECTOTT.AL BOARD
POLL CLERISTHIRD IVIEMBER/ CHAIRPERSON/
iUPPONT Sr,rrr
Namc:
Addrcss
(Ho sc No.. SrRcr, Banrngay,
C ily/M unicipi tiry nnd pruvincc)
Sir/Madam:
You are hereby TEMPORARILY
APpOINTED as
lhe Electoral Board in precinct Clt i Cluk/Th
of
No./s. SrA
with polling place I ocated
in Balangay at
C itylMunicipaliry of . Plovince of
You may immediatel y assume office
upon takin your oath as rcquircd
automatically catcelled and considered by law. I{owever , this appoiunnent
null and voi d as soon as the duly rvill he
Meruber/Suppon Staff of the Electoral appoiltecl Cha trperson/Poll
Board for thiVtl rese precinct/s Clerk/Thircl
or if you ar.e relatecl to an cal)didate shall appcaVreport lbr drr ty or the
v o[ to anv member of the Electoral vacancy is filled
degree of consalguinity o I_a ffinity. Board of siid preci ncvs lvithin
In the la er cases, you shall rrot the Fourth civil
retuur this appointnreni to rlr e Election assum e the duties ofthe
Officer office aud shall irnrned iately

Assumption to ofEce [otwithstanding

bove-prohibitior is punishable uncrcr.
trre la*,

(Sigrutw.e Ovet
Position as Electoral Board: (Signoturc bt
Position as Elecioml Bo ard

C.E. Form No. A3i

(Cit1,/Mt uticiln I i t.t,, D ist rici roihce dn.l Regiott)

(Dute & Ti te)
OATH OF TEI\{ PORARY ELE(
Po L L c L E RKn'i iff#Rmi*?i *, o *,
ffi o? HI""

(Sigwmo-e Or,er Prhrtetl N0hre)

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to betbre
me this day of 2025.

(Sigruure Ori

Admiuistering Officer
EB Chairperson/Co-Member
Registered Voter of the precinct
C.E. Form No. A35
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COMMISSION ON EiEC-TIONS

MAy 12,2A25
NATIONAL, LOCAL AND BARNNM
ELECTIONS

cEEIlf lgArE OF CHALLENGE/pRorESr

DECISIoN AND
oF THE ELEcfoHALloiR;
INSTRUCTIONS:

ITELARE tN FOUR (4) cOptES. The First copy to the member of

individuat against whom'the the second copy to lhe
o, protest is made, lhu Third copy (o
",rrr"nnu
challenge or protest and the Fourth
copy shallbe retained
the voter or watcher making
^tl-"._B:"rd,
by the Board.
Clustered Precinct No
District:
Barangay
Province
City/Municipatity
Region
We hereby certify that on

of
(Name oI Challenger/protestant)
(Address)

MADE THE FOLLOWING CHALLENGE/PROTEST:

t". name of individual against whom the

charenge/prctest is made and rhe
nalure or ground for charenge/
:t:T;

The Board, after considering the evidence presented

to it, DEcTDED as folows

lN WITNESS WHEREOF, we hereby sign

this certificate this
day 2025.

CHAIRPERSON
(Signalure Over pinted Name)

POLL CLERK
(Signature Over printed Name) IH IRD MEMBER
(Signature Over printed Name)
C.E. Form No. A39
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(City/Municipal ity, Di strict,

Province)

(Region)

MAY 12,2025
NATIONAL, LOCAL AND BARMM
ELECTIONS

't:lfrlf:l?Y;:;f3";; rastins and seatins or AcM,

"{,2,!"a"iiii,"iiit::if:i,:,!ntr:1,,:,,1;,y#!f,Z:{ votins,

OATH OF VOTER CHALLENGED

FOR ILLEGAL ACTS

a resident of

I have hereunto
set mv hand this
,or, ,'l H:H;t
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Regien "-'n", .___._........-, Province ot
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Affianl
(Signature Over printed Name)

Republic of the phitippines)

(City/Municipatity/province)

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me

this day of
2025 in the above-stated place.

unat rperson/Member, Electoral Board

(Signature Over printed Name)
C.E. Form No. A4O

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MAY 12,202s
NATIONAL, LOCAL AND BARMM
ELECTIONS

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OATH TO IDENTIFYA CHALLENGED

VOTER
t,
a member of the Electoral Board
Clustered precinct No. (EB) of
---..=...--, Barang ay
District
City/Municipatity of
Province of
do solemnly swear that the voter
reg istered under the name
of
is personally known to me
who now presents himself/herself as the same person
to vote u nder said name.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have

hereunto set my hand this
2025 in the City/Municipality of day of
Province of
Region

(Signature o ver Printed Nane)

Position as EB:

Republic of the phitippines)

\ac
(City/Municipatity/province)

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before

in the above-stated prace.
me this _ _day of
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(S/bna ture Over Pinted Name)

Position as EB:
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