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OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE

OF THE PHILIPPINES

Election Laws, Rules, and Procedures

B.P. Blg. 881

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS

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ARTICLE II ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND

VICE-PRESIDENT

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ARTICLE III ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE

BATASANG PAMBANSA

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ARTICLE IV ELECTION OF LOCAL OFFICIALS

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ARTICLE V ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE

REGIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE AUTONOMOUS

REGIONS.

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ARTICLE VI ELECTION OF BARANGAY OFFICIALS

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ARTICLE VII THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS

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ARTICLE VIII POLITICAL PARTIES

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ARTICLE IX ELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATES AND

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY

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ARTICLE X CAMPAIGN AND ELECTION PROPAGANDA

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ARTICLE XI ELECTORAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND

EXPENDITURES

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ARTICLE XII REGISTRATION OF VOTERS

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ARTICLE XIII PRECINCTS AND POLLING PLACES

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ARTICLE XIV BOARD OF ELECTION INSPECTORS

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ARTICLE XV WATCHERS

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ARTICLE XVI OFFICIAL BALLOTS AND ELECTION

RETURNS

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ARTICLE XVII CASTING OF VOTES

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ARTICLE XVIII COUNTING OF VOTES

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ARTICLE XIX CANVASS AND PROCLAMATION

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ARTICLE XX PRE-PROCLAMATION CONTROVERSIES

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ARTICLE XXI ELECTION CONTESTS

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ARTICLE XXII ELECTION OFFENSES

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ARTICLE XXIII LEGAL FEES

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ARTICLE XXIV TRANSITORY PROVISIONS

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ARTICLE XXV FINAL PROVISIONS

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EO No 157 | Local Absentee Voting Act

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RA No 6646 | The Electoral Reforms Law of 1987

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RA No 6735 | The Initiative and Referendum Act

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I. — General Provisions

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II. — National Initiative and Referendum

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III. — Local Initiative and Referendum

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IV. — Final Provisions

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RA No 7166 | Synchronized National and Local Elections

Act

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RA No 7941 | Party-List System Act

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[IRR] RA 7941 Party-List System Act

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RA No 8189 | The Voter’s Registration Act of 1996

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RA No 8295 | Proclamation of a Lone Candidate in a

Special Election

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RA No 8436 | Automated Election System Act

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RA No 9006 | Fair Election Act

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[IRR] RA 9006 Fair Elections Act in connection with

the May 2016 elections

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RA No 9189 | The Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2013

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[IRR] RA 9189 The Rules and Regulations

Implementing the Overseas Voting Act of 2003

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[IRR] RA 10590 The Rules and Regulations

Implementing the Overseas Voting Act of 2003 as

amended

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RA No 9225 | Citizenship Retention and Re-acquisition

Act of 2003

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[IRR] RA 9225 2008 Revised Rules Governing

Philippine Citizenship

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RA No 10366 | Accessible Polling for PWDs and Senior

Citizens

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[IRR] RA 10366 Accessible Voting of PWDs and Senior

Citizens

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RA No 10367 | Mandatory Biometrics Voter Registration

Act

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[IRR] RA 10367 An Act Providing for Mandatory

Biometrics Voter Registration

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RA No 10380 | Local Absentee Voting for Media Act

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[IRR] RA 10380 Local Absentee Voting for Media

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RA No 10756 | Election Service Reform Act

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[IRR] RA 10756 Election Service Reform Act

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COMELEC Rules of Procedure

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COMELEC Rules of Procedures in the Investigation

and Prosecution of Election Offense Cases

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PART I INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

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Rule 1 — Title and Construction

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PART II POWERS OF THE COMMISSION AND

TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS

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Rule 2 — Powers of the Commission

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Rule 3 — How the Commission Transacts

Business

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Rule 4 — Disqualification and Inhibition

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PART III INITIATION OF ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS

BEFORE THE COMMISSION

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Rule 5. — Parties to Actions or Proceedings

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Rule 6 — Commencement of Action or

Proceedings

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Rule 7 — Pleadings

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Rule 8 — Intervention

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Rule 9 — Amended and Supplemental Pleadings

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Rule 10 — Periods for Pleading

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Rule 11 — Motions

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Rule 12 — Service and Filing of Pleadings and

Other Papers

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Rule 13 — Prohibited Pleadings

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PART IV DISPOSITION OF ACTIONS OR

PROCEEDINGS

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Rule 14 — Summons

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Rule 15 — Pre-Trial

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Rule 16 — Subpoena

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Rule 17 — Hearings

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© Compiled by Rehne Gibb Larena | JD-2 | University of San Carlos