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OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE ELECTION LAWS, RULES AND PROCEDURES

proper authority that such person is no longer insane or

incompetent.

Section 12. Change of Residence to Another City or

Municipality. Any registered voter who has transferred

residence to another city or municipality may apply with

the Election Officer of his new residence for the transfer

of his registration records.

The application for transfer of registration shall be

subject to the requirements of notice and hearing and

the

approval

of

the

Election

Registration

Board, in

accordance

with

this

Act.

Upon

approval

of

the

application for transfer, and after notice of such approval

to the Election Officer of the former residence of the

voter, said Election Officer shall transmit by registered

mail the voter’s registration record to the Election Officer

of the voter’s new residence.

Section 13. Change of Address in the Same City or

Municipality. Any voter who has changed his address in

the same city or municipality shall immediately notify the

Election Officer in writing. If the change of address

involves a change in precinct, the Board shall transfer his

registration record to the precinct book of voters of his

new precinct and notify the voter of his new precinct All

changes of address shall be reported to the office of the

provincial election supervisor and the Commission in

Manila.

Section 14. Illiterate or Disabled Applicants. Any

illiterate person may register with the assistance of the

Election Officer or any member of an accredited citizen’s

arms.

The Election Officer shall place such illiterate

person under oath, ask him the questions, and record the

answers given in order to accomplish the application

form in the presence of the majority of the members of

the Board. The Election Officer or any member of an

accredited citizen’s arm shall read the accomplished form

aloud

to

the

person

assisted

and

ask

him

if

the

information given is true and correct The accomplished

form shall be subscribed by the applicant in the presence

of the Board by means of thumbmark or some other

customary mark and it shall be subscribed and attested

by the majority of the members of the Board.

The attestation shall state the name of the person

assisted, the name of the Election Officer or the member

of the accredited citizen’s arm who assisted the applicant,

the fact that the Election Officer placed the applicant

under oath, that the Election Officer or the member of

the accredited citizen’s arm who assisted the applicant

read the accomplished form to the person assisted, and

that the person assisted affirmed its truth and accuracy,

by placing his thumbmark or some other customary

mark on the application in the presence of the Board.

The

application

for

registration

of

a

physically

disabled person may be prepared by any relative within

the fourth civil degree of consanguinity or affinity or by

the Election Officer or any member of an accredited

citizen’s arm using the data supplied by the applicant.

The fact of illiteracy or disability shall be so indicated in

the application.

Section 15. Election Registration Board. There shall

be in each city and municipality as many as Election

Registration Boards as there are election officers therein.

In thickly populated cities/municipalities, the Commission

may appoint additional election officers for such duration

as may be necessary.

The Board shall be composed of the Election Officer

as chairman and as members, the public school official

most senior in rank and the local civil registrar, or in this

absence, the city or municipal treasurer.

In case of disqualification of the Election Officer, the

Commission shall designate an acting Election Officer

who shall serve as Chairman of the Election Registration

Board. In case of disqualification or non-availability of the

Local

Registrar

or

the

Municipal

Treasurer,

the

Commission shall designate any other appointive civil

service official from the same locality as substitute.

No member of the Board shall be related to each

other or to any incumbent city or municipal elective

official within the fourth civil degree of consanguinity or

affinity. If in succeeding elections, any of the newly

elected city or municipal officials is related to a member

of

the

board

within

the

fourth

civil

degree

of

consanguinity or affinity, such member is automatically

disqualified to preserve the integrity of the Election

Registration Board.

Every registered party and such organizations as may

be authorized by the Commission shall be entitled to a

watcher in every registration board.

Section 16. Compensation of the Members of the

Board. Each member of the Board shall be entitled to an

honorarium to Two Hundred Pesos (P200.00) for each day

of actual service rendered in the Board, which amount

the

Commission

may

adjust

every

three

(3)

years

thereafter. No member of the Board shall be entitled to

travelling expenses.

Section 17. Notice and Hearing of Applications.

Upon receipt of applications for registration, the Election

Officer shall set them for hearing, notice of which shall be

posted in the city or municipal bulletin board and in his

office for at least one (1) week before the hearing, and

furnish copies thereof to the applicant concerned, the

heads or representatives of political parties, and other

accredited

groups

or

organizations

which

actively

participate

in

the

electoral

process

in

the

city

or

municipality. On the date of the hearing, the Election

Officer shall receive such evidence for or against the

applicant.

A registrant whose application is not seasonably

objected to shall be notified in writing stating therein

that no objection was raised against his application and

that he need not appear on the date set for the hearing of

his

application.

Physical

presence

of

the

applicant

concerned shall, however, be mandatory in all cases

where

objections

against

his

application have been

seasonably filed with the proper Election Registration

Board for him to rebut or refute evidence presented in

opposition thereto.

All applications for registration shall be heard and

processed on a quarterly basis. For this purpose, the

Election Registration Board shall meet and convene on

the third Monday of April, July, October, and January of

every calendar year, or on the next following working day

if the designated days fail on a non-working holiday,

except in an election year to conform with the one

hundred

twenty

(120) days prohibitive period before

election

day.

Should

one

day

be

sufficient

for the

processing of all accepted applications, the Board shall

adjourn from day to day until all the applications shall

have been processed.

Section 18. Challenges to Right to Register . Any

voter, candidate or representative of a registered political

party

may

challenge

in

writing

any

application

for

registration, stating the grounds therefor. The challenge

shall be under oath and be attached to the application,

together with the proof of notice of hearing to the

challenger and the applicant.

Oppositions to contest a registrant’s application for

inclusion in the voter’s list must, in all cases, be filed not

later than the second Monday of the month in which the

same is scheduled to be heard or processed by the

Election Registration Board. Should the second Monday

of the month fall on a non-working holiday, oppositions

may be filed on the next following working day. The

hearing on the challenge shall be heard on the third

Monday of the month and the decision shall be rendered

before the end of the month.

Section 19. Power to Administer Oath and Issue

Summons. For purposes of determining the right of the

applicants to be registered as a voter, the Election Officer

shall have the power to administer oath, issue subpoena

duces tecum and swear in witnesses. The fees and

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