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OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE ELECTION LAWS, RULES AND PROCEDURES

expenses incidental thereto shall be paid in advance by

the party in whose behalf the summons is issued.

Section

20.

Approval

and

Disapproval

of

Application . The Election Officer shall submit to the

Board all applications for registration filed, together with

the evidence received in connection therewith. The Board

shall,

by

majority

vote,

approve

or

disapprove

the

applications.

Upon approval, the Election Officer shall assign a

voters identification number and issue the corresponding

identification card to the registered voter. If the Board

disapproves

the

application,

the

applicant

shall

be

furnished with a certificate of disapproval stating the

ground therefor. In cases of approval or disapproval, any

aggrieved party may file a petition for exclusion or

inclusion, as the case may be, with the proper Municipal

or Metropolitan Trial Court as provided for in this Act.

Section 21. Publication of Action on Application for

Registration.

Within

five

(5) days from approval or

disapproval of application, the Board shall post a notice in

the bulletin board of the city or municipal hall and in the

office of the Election Officer, stating the name and

address of the applicant, the date of the application, and

the

action taken thereon. The Election Officer shall

furnish a copy of such notice personally, or by registered

mail or special delivery to the applicant and heads or

representatives of registered political parties in the city or

municipality.

Section 22. Preservation of Voter’s Registration

Records. The Election Officer shall compile the original

copies of the approved applications for registration per

precinct and arrange the same alphabetically according

to surname. He shall preserve the book of voters and

ensure its integrity. The second and third copies of the

registration records shall be sent to the provincial and

national central files within three (3) days after the

approval of the Board.

Section 23. Provincial File. There shall be a provincial

file consisting of the duplicate copies of all registration

records in each precinct of every city and municipality in

the province. It shall be in the custody of the Provincial

Election Supervisor and shall be compiled and arranged

by

precinct,

by

municipality

and

alphabetically

by

surnames of voters.

Should the book of voters in the custody of the

Election Officer be lost or destroyed at a time so close to

election day that there is no time to reconstitute the

same, the corresponding book of voters in the provincial

file shall be used during the voting.

Section 24. National Central File. There shall be a

national central file under the custody of the Commission

in Manila consisting of the third copies of all approved

voter registration records in each city or municipality. It

shall be compiled by precinct in each city/municipality

and arranged alphabetically by surname so as to make

the file a replica of the book of voters in the possession of

the Election Officer. Thereafter a national list shall be

prepared following the alphabetical arrangements of

surnames of voters.

There

shall

be

a

national

file consisting of the

computerized voters’ list (CVL), both in print and in

diskette, submitted by the Election Officers in each city

and municipality concerned, under the custody of the

Commission in Manila.

The computerized voters’ list shall make use of a

single and uniform computer program that will have a

detailed sorting capability to list voters alphabetically by

the

precincts

where

they

vote,

by

the

barangays,

municipalities, cities or provinces where they reside and

by their voters identification number (VIN).

Section 25. Voter’s Identification Card. The voters

identification card issued to the registered voter shall

serve as a document for his identification. In case of loss

or destruction, no copy thereof may be issued except to

the registered voter himself and only upon the authority

of the Commission.

The Commission shall adopt a design for the voter’s

identification card which shall be, as much as possible,

tamper proof. It shall provide the following: the name and

address of the voter, his date of birth, sex, photograph,

thumbmark, and the number of precinct where he is

registered, the signature of the voter and the chairman of

the

Election

Registration

Board

and

the

voter’s

identification number (VIN).

Section 26. Voter’s Identification Number (VIN). The

Commission shall assign every registered voter a voter’s

identification number (V1N) consisting of three parts,

each separated by a dash. For example: 7501 -00191

-C145BCD.

a) Part 1: Current Address of the Voter

1) the first two digits 75 stand for the province; and

2)

The

last

two

digits,

01,

stand

for

the

city,

municipality, or a district, particularly in Manila.

The

code

assignment

for

provinces,

cities

and

municipalities shall follow the Urban Code devised by the

National Census and Statistics Office (NCSO).

b) Part II: Current Precinct Assignment of the Voter

1) The first four digits, 0019, stand for the permanent

number of the precinct where the voter is currently

assigned: and

2) The letter indicates whether it is a mother or a

daughter precinct.

The number assigned to the precinct in every city or

municipality shall be permanent but the voter may

transfer his precinct number. The VIN reflects the current

precinct assignment of the voter.

c) Part III: Permanent Birth and Name Code Unique

to the Voter

1) The letter, C, stands for the month, i.e., A for January,

B for February, and so forth;

2) The next two digits, 14, stand for the date of birth;

3) The next two digits, 51, stand for the year of birth;

and

4) The last three letters, BCD, stand for the name

code, i.e., Bayani Cruz Davide.

The last three letters shall stand for the first letter of

the first name, the middle name, and the last name in

that order.

The Commission shall ensure that Part III hereof of

the

voter’s

identification

number

(VIN)

shall

be

permanent and unique to each voter. If necessary, the

Commission may expand and modify the same.

d) The combined birth and name code is assigned

during the lifetime of every voter. Upon transfer of the

voter to another precinct, the first two parts of the VIN

shall change.

Section 27. Deactivation of Registration. The board

shall

deactivate

the

registration

and

remove

the

registration records of the following persons from the

corresponding precinct book of voters and place the

same, properly marked and dated in indelible ink, in the

inactive

file

after

entering

the

cause

or

causes

of

deactivation:

a) Any person who has been sentenced by final

judgment to suffer imprisonment for not less than one (1)

year, such disability not having been removed by plenary

pardon or amnesty: Provided, however, That any person

disqualified

to

vote

under

this

paragraph

shall

automatically reacquire the right to vote upon expiration

of five (5) years after service of sentence as certified by

the

clerks

of

courts

of

the

Municipal/Municipal

Circuit/Metropolitan/Regional

Trial

Courts

and

the

Sandiganbayan;

b) Any person who has been adjudged by final

judgment by a competent court or tribunal of having

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