Section 119Sec./Art. 119

Registration in Another City, Municipality or Municipal District; Cancellation of Previous Registration. - Any person who desires to register as a voter in another city, municipality or municipal district to which he has transferred residence shall at least ten days before the date set for registration before the board of inspectors personally file with or send by registered mail to the election registrar of the city, municipality or municipal district wherein he is registered a sworn petition in quadruplicate for cancellation of his registration, attaching thereto his voter's identification card and stating therein his address at his new residence. Upon receipt of the petition, the election registrar shall verify the authenticity thereof and thereafter remove the application and place it in the inactive file.

The election registrar shall send one copy each to the provincial election supervisor of the province and to the Commission who shall remove the cancelled application from the provincial central file and national central file, respectively.

On registration day, any registered voter may also file a similar petition for cancellation before the board of inspectors of the precinct where he is registered and upon receipt of the petition, the board shall verify the authenticity thereof and remove the application from the precinct book of voters, and immediately send one copy each of the petition to the election registrar, the provincial election supervisor and the Commission. He may also file the petition for cancellation before the proper board of inspectors in his new residence when he registers therein on registration day.

The board shall immediately send by rush registered mail the original and another copy to the election registrar of the voter's previous residence, one copy to the provincial election supervisor of the corresponding province, and another copy to the Commission. Upon receipt of the petition, the election registrar shall verify the authenticity thereof and deliver one copy to the board of inspectors of the corresponding precinct on revision day and the cancelled application shall be removed from the precinct book of voters. The provincial election supervisor and the Commission shall remove the cancelled application from their respective files.

The election registrar shall post in the bulletin board a list of the names and addresses of voters whose applications have been cancelled for a period of thirty days.