HUEY RANZ KRIZZA CALABINES MARCH 16, 2019

ASSIGNMENT #16

1. What is the campaign period for: a. senators, b. congressmen, c. LGU officials

Under the Omnibus Election Code, the campaign period for national candidates is
90 days before the election day. While the campaign period in local officials is 45 days
before the election day.
2. How are rallies, meeting and other political activities done and the role of the
COMELEC in regulating them.
Any person or political party supporting official candidates or any candidate is
allowed to hold peaceful rallies, meeting or other political campaign. However, they are
required to have a permit from the COMELEC and they should notify the election officer
of any rally, meeting or political activities intends to organize.
3. What are the prohibited contributions to candidates and how and when are they going to
report the contributions received and expenditures made of the contributions?
Sec. 95, Article XI of Omnibus Election Code states:
No contribution for purposes of partisan political activity shall be made directly or
indirectly by any of the following:
 Public or private financial institutions: Provided, however, That nothing herein shall
prevent the making of any loan to a candidate or political party by any such public
or private financial institutions legally in the business of lending money, and that
the loan is made in accordance with laws and regulations and in the ordinary course
of business;
 Natural and juridical persons operating a public utility or in possession of or
exploiting any natural resources of the nation;
 Natural and juridical persons who hold contracts or sub-contracts to supply the
government or any of its divisions, subdivisions or instrumentalities, with goods or
services or to perform construction or other works;
 Natural and juridical persons who have been granted franchises, incentives,
exemptions, allocations or similar privileges or concessions by the government or
any of its divisions, subdivisions or instrumentalities, including government-owned
or controlled corporations;
 Natural and juridical persons who, within one year prior to the date of the election,
have been granted loans or other accommodations in excess of P100,000 by the
government or any of its divisions, subdivisions or instrumentalities including
government-owned or controlled corporations;
  Educational institutions which have received grants of public funds amounting to
no less than P100,000.00;
 Officials or employees in the Civil Service, or members of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines; and
 Foreigners and foreign corporations.
According to Omnibus Election Code, it shall be the duty of every candidate, treasurer
of the political party and person acting under the authority of such candidate or treasurer
to issue a receipt for every contribution received and to obtain and keep a receipt stating
the particulars of every expenditure made. Every candidate and treasurer of the political
party shall, not later than seven days, or earlier than ten days before the day of the election,
file in duplicate with the office indicated in the following section, full, true and itemized,
statement of all contributions and expenditures in connection with the election.
4. Describe the manner of registration of voters and when can a voter be disqualified to
vote.
Sec. 126 of OEC states: On the seventh and sixth Saturdays before a regular election
or on the second Saturday following the day of the proclamation calling for a new special
election, plebiscite or referendum, any person desiring to be registered as a voter shall
accomplish in triplicate before the board of election inspectors a voter's affidavit in which
shall be stated the following data:
(a) Name, surname, middle name, maternal surname;
(b) Date and place of birth;
(c) Citizenship;
(d) Periods of residence in the Philippines and in the place of registration;
(e) Exact address with the name of the street and house number or in case there is none, a
brief description of the locality and the place;
(f) A statement that the applicant has not been previously registered, otherwise he shall be
required to attach a sworn application for cancellation of his previous registration; and
(g) Such other information or data which may be required by the Commission.
The voter's affidavit shall also contain three specimens of the applicant's signature and clear
and legible prints of his left and right hand thumbmarks and shall be sworn to and filed
together with four copies of the latest identification photograph to be supplied by the
applicant.
The oath of the applicant shall include a statement that he does not have any of the
disqualifications of a voter and that he has not been previously registered in the precinct or
in any other precinct.
Before the applicant accomplishes his voter's affidavit, the board of election inspectors
shall appraise the applicant of the qualifications and disqualifications prescribed by law for
a voter. It shall also see to it that the accomplished voter's affidavit contain all the data
therein required and that the applicant's specimen signatures, the prints of his left and right
hand thumbmarks and his photograph are properly affixed in each of the voter's affidavit.
5. What are the prohibited places for precincts and polling places?
It is prohibited that the precincts and polling places are located in a public or private
building owned, leased, or occupied by any candidate or of any person who is related to
any candidate within the fourth civil degree of consanguinity or affinity, or any officer of
the government or leader of any political party, group or faction, nor in any building or
surrounding premises under the actual control of a private entity, political party or religious
organization. In places where no suitable public building is available, private school
buildings may be used as polling places. No polling place shall be located within the
perimeter of or inside a military or police camp or reservation or within a prison compound.
6. What is the composition of Board of Election Inspectors?
Board of Election Inspectors composed of a chairman and a poll clerk who must be
public school teachers, priority to be given to civil service eligible, and two members, each
representing the two accredited political parties.
7. How watchers appointed and what are their functions?
A watcher must be a qualified voter of the city or municipal, with a good reputation
and shall not have been convicted by final judgement of any election offense or any other
crime, must know how to read and write Pilipino, English, Spanish or any other prevailing
local dialects, and not related within the fourth civil degree of consanguinity or affinity to
the chairman or any member of the board of election inspectors in the polling place where
he seeks appointment as a watcher.
The functions of watchers are: to assure that the ballot boxes are properly placed,
voters are voting with their respective precincts and no violations or irregularities while
election is on-going.
8. State the difference between a. casting of votes b. counting of votes in the Omnibus
Election Code and the Automated Election System
In the Omnibus Election Code, casting of votes means the time when a registered
voter is allowed to exercise his right to vote by filling his ballot by writing in the proper
space for each office the name of the individual candidate for whom he desires to vote.
9. How are pre-proclamation controversies resolved?
1. Make a ruling, with notice to the petitioner, within 24 hours from the filing of the
petition
2. Appeal to the COMELEC within 3 days after the ruling with proper notice to the
canvassing Board
3. Hearing by COMELEC en banc with due notice to the parties
4. Decide the case within 5 days from filing thereof
10. Where are election contests/protests resolved: a) President and Vice-President; b)
Senators; c) Congressmen; d)LGUs: Municipal officials; Brgy. Officials
Under the Omnibus Election Code, the COMELEC has the sole jurisdiction of all
contests relating to the elections, returns, and qualifications of all Members of the Batasang
Pambansa, elective regional, provincial and city officials.
In municipal officials, it should be filed in the regional trial court while contests
against barangay officials shall be resolved in proper municipal or metropolitan trial court.