Section 12Sec./Art. 12

Manner of Preparing the Ballots. - Before a voter is given a ballot for voting, the Board shall instruct him on how to accomplish the ballot.

Upon receipt of the ballot from the Chairman of the Board, the voter shall go to a vacant voting booth to vote for the candidates of his choice.

If the voter commits a mistake in filling the ballot, he should not try to correct it, or erase or cross out the name of the candidate already chosen. Instead, he shall return the ballot to the Board and ask for replacement. The Board shall mark the returned as "spoiled". A voter may replace his ballot only once.

After the voter has voted, he shall personally drop his ballot into the ballot box. He shall affix his thumbmark on the corresponding space in the voting record and the Chairman shall apply indelible ink on the right forefingernail of the voter.

The Commission shall adopt measures necessary to ensure that the contents of the ballot are not exposed when the voter drops it inside the ballot box.