Part 1.

Election Day :
May 9, 2022
Forms Documents and
Supplies
Final Testing and Sealing
Election Day – May 9, 2022 (Sec. 48)

The casting of votes shall be

from six (6) o’clock in
the morning up to
seven (7) o’clock in the
evening of Election Day 6:00 am
(Sec 49) to 7:00
pm
Place of Voting (Sec. 50)

 Polling place designated by the

Commission;

 Poster indicating the clustered

precinct number (CEF-A3) shall be
prominently posted near the door;
and

 No CCTV inside the polling place

Voter’s Assistance Desk (Sec. 51)

Voters’ Assistance Desk is

a station, manned by the
PPCRV (or any accredited
citizen’s arm) under
supervision and control of
the DESO, which directs
voters to their respective
Polling Places.
 FORMS,
DOCUMENTS
AND SUPPLIES
Section 71 & 72, CR 10727
I. Supplies and Materials for FTS (Sec 71-A)
III. Supplies and Materials
on Election Day
●A. From the City/Municipal Treasurer (Sec
71-c.1)
●A. From the City/Municipal Treasurer
●A. From the City/Municipal
Treasurer
B. From the Election Officer (Sec 71-c.2)
a) Posted Computerized Voters List
(PCVL) duly certified by the ERB (2
copies)
i. 1 copy to be posted outside the
polling place;
ii. 1 copy to be used by the EB
during the voting.
b) Election Day Computerized Voters
List (EDCVL) duly certified by the ERB
c. Copies of Appointment and Oath of
 FINAL TESTING AND
SEALING (FTS) (Article 5, Sec
52)
MAY 02 To 07, 2022
Venue: Designated Voting/Polling
Center
In case the FTS cannot be done at the assigned
polling place due to security and practical reasons,
the EO may conduct the FTS in the nearest voting
center subject to the approval of the PES/RED
concerned and following the requirement of notice
and posting as follows:
a. NOTICE: The EO shall notify the EB
in writing of the date, time and place Notice must be
of the FTS of the VCMs; posted not later
b. POSTING: Notice of date, time and than three (3)
place of the FTS for each clustered days before the
precinct shall be posted in the schedule of the
following: FTS.
1. bulletin boards of the OEO DESO and Support
2. bulletin boards of the Staff are required
city/municipal hall and to be present.
3. in at least 3 conspicuous places in
 B. Procedures of the FTS (Sec 53)

Perform FTS according to the VCM 5. In Accomplishing the FTS ballots,

technical manual by: only (2) test voters can

1. Explain to those present the simultaneously accomplish the

purpose of and the procedures for ballots:

the FTS i. Chairperson shall give each

2. Randomly choose TEN (10) person a ballot inside the ballot

voters. secrecy folder;

3. If there are less than ten voters ii. FTS voter accomplish the ballot

present, any of them may by fully shading the oval

accomplish more than one test iii. Return the accomplished ballot

ballot to complete the ten FTS inside the secrecy folder and
 B. Procedures of the FTS

The Chairperson shall:

4. After all ten (10) ballots have
1. Examine the accomplished
been fed, follow the instruction on
ballots
the closing of polls, printing of
2. Return the accomplished ballots
election returns and shutting down
to the voter who shall personally
the VCM on the VCM Manual
feed the ballot into the VCM
5. Instruct the voter to verify the
3. Perform the same procedure
votes on the VVPAT and place it in
until all ten (10) ballots are fed
the envelope for the counted
ballots.
VVPAT – VOTER VERIFIABLE PAPER
AUDIT TRAIL
C. Manual Verification of Results (Sec
54)
1. Retrieve the 5. Take the ballots one by one,
accomplished FTS ballots and read the names of
from the ballot box candidates voted for and the
2. Manually count the offices for which they were
votes voted in.
3. Accomplish the manual 6. The Poll Clerk shall:
Election Returns(ERs) i. Record on the manual
4. The Chairperson shall: ER the vote as the names
i. Verify the voted for each office are read
ballots to determine Recorded by a vertical line and
whether there is over- on the fifth vote recorded by a
voting If there is an over- diagonal line crossing the
vote in a position. previous four.
ii. Determine the total
REMINDER: No vote shall number of votes obtained by
C. Manual Verification of Results

7. The EB shall sign the certification portion of both

manually-prepared ER and that of the machine-generated ER.
8. If the results of both ERs are not the same, the EB shall
review /re-appreciate the ballots to determine the cause of
the discrepancy.
9. If after re-appreciation, there is still discrepancy, the EB
shall call on the assigned DESO technical support staff.
Who shall report such incident to the NTSC and the EO
concerned.
10. The EB shall record in the Minutes all the acts or data
 Part 2. VOTING and
PROCEDURES FOR VOTING,
COUNTING AND
TRANSMISSION
CR NO. 10727

By: Atty. Lydia F. Pangilinan

Provincial Election Supervisor
Who May Vote (Sec. 58)

ONLY REGISTERED VOTER whose name appear in

the EDCVL unless their names are manually
crossed out from the same list with the following
annotations, duly
 The voter has signed by the EO:
transferred
residence to another
district, city, or
municipality
 The voter has died
 The voter’s registration
record was deleted based
on AFIS, as approved by
ERB
 The voter has availed
RULES DURING
VOTING
 Exception:
Voters
Express lane for
should be
Persons with
entertained
Disability,
in the order
Senior Citizens,
of their
Escorted
arrival in
Persons
the polling
Deprived of
place.
(Sec. 62.a) Liberty, Heavily
Pregnant
Women and
Indigenous
People
No watcher shall enter There shall be no
the place reserved for crowding of voters
the voters and the EB, and disorderly
or mingle and talk with behavior inside the
the voters; (Sec. 62. b) polling place
(observe social distancing); (Sec
62. d)
HOLDING AREA (Sec. 65)

An adjacent room with ample

space and accessible to
wheelchair users;

Shall serve as waiting area of

voters in line; shall sit in the
order of their arrival
FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVE

Giving of numbers is strictly

prohibited.

Voters in the holding area shall

HOLDING AREA PLAN
Entrance Exit

Holding area shall have a maximum of 20 seats,

depending on the size of the classroom

table
 Sec. 63.
SECTION 58.Persons
Who May Allowed Inside the
Polling Place. – Only the following persons
shallVote.
be allowed inside the polling place:
a) Members of the EB support staff, if any;
b) Watchers who shall stay only in the space
reserved for them;
c) Representative of the Commission;
d) DESO Technical Support Staff assigned in
the voting center;
e) EAPP Support Staff;
f) Voters casting their votes and their
assistors, if any;
g) Voters waiting for their turn to cast their
vote;
h) Jail/Prison Escorts escorting PDL voters; or
Other persons who may be specifically
WHO ARE NOT ALLOWED INSIDE THE
POLLING PLACE (Sec. 64)
to stay 50 meters  Officers or member of the NO FIREARMS OR
away from the DEADLY WEAPONS
polling place PNP/AFP INSIDE THE POLLING
except to vote  Any Peace officer, extra- PLACE
legal police agency  Except jail /
prison escorts to
 Special/Reaction/Strike
secure the PDL
Forces voter who will
 Civilian Armed Force vote, & shall
Geographical Units immediately
leave the polling
 Barangay Tanods, Security
place once voting
Guards, Special Policemen is done.
 Barangay and SK officials,  and those
 all other kinds of armed or
HANDLING DISRUPTIVE OR UNRULY PERSONS
INSIDE THE POLLING PLACE
 If any person refuse to obey the lawful orders of the EB
 conducts in a disorderly manner in its presence or within
the its hearing interrupts or disturbs its proceedings,

EB may issue A WRITTEN ORDER

directing any peace officer to take such person into custody
until the adjournment of the proceedings,
but such order shall not be executed as to prevent such
person from voting.
In the absence of any peace officer, such
WRITTEN ORDER may be executed by any other
competent and able person deputized by the
Electoral Board and such shall be attached to the
Minutes.
Prohibited Acts of Voters
(Sec.66)
a) Bringing out of ballot, ballot secrecy folder or
marking pen except in the case under Article IX of
this Resolution;
b) Speak with anyone other than the EBs while inside
the polling place;
c) Prepare the voter’s ballot without using the ballot
secrecy folder, or to exhibit its contents;
d) Fill out the voter’s ballot accompanied by another,
except in the case of voting by assistor;
e) Erase any printing from the ballot, or put any
distinguishing mark on the ballot;
f) Use of capturing devices such as cameras, cellular
phones or other means to copy the contents of the
ballot, or otherwise make use of any other scheme to
identify his vote;
g) Intentionally tear or deface the ballot; or 21
Preparation of Ballots by an
Assistor (Sec.67)
 No voter shall be allowed to vote as an
illiterate, PWD or SC unless it is indicated in
the EDCVL, or if not indicated as PWD, the
disability is readily apparent.
 Voter may be assisted in the preparation
of the ballot, in the following order:
 Relative within the Fourth (4th) civil
degree of consanguinity or affinity;
 Person of his confidence who belongs
to the same household as that of the
voter
 Any member of the EB
The EB member shall ensure that the
contents of the ballot are not displayed
Preparation of Ballots by an
Assistor (Sec.67)
The poll clerk shall:
Verify from the illiterates, PWDs or SCs
whether said voters have authorized a
person to help them cast their votes.
The persons assisting the illiterates, PWDs or
SCs shall:
 Prepare in their presence, the ballot using
a ballot secrecy folder;
 Bind themselves in WRITING AND UNDER
OATH to fill out the ballot strictly in
accordance with the instructions of the voter TAKE NOTE: Only the
and not to reveal its contents, by members of EB, may
indicating the appropriate data and affixing assist an illiterate, PWD
their signatures in the corresponding space or SC more than three(3)
times.
in the Minutes.
Prohibition Against Premature
Announcement of Voting (Sec.70)
EBs are prohibited to announce:

 Whether a certain voter has already voted or

not;
 The number of voters who have already
voted or failed to vote so far;
 Any other facts tending to show the state of
polls.

Members of the EBs shall not make any

statement at any
time, except as a witness in court or body as to
 II. PROCEDURES FOR
VOTING, COUNTING AND
TRANSMISSION
(Article VIII, CR 10727)
Preliminaries to Voting (Sec. 73)

Ensure that the VCM box and the

ballot box are inside the polling place

Not Later than

5:00AM, EBs
shall meet at
the polling
place
SETTING UP POLLING PLACE
Post PCVL, near or at the door
of the polling place, with
pages/sheets spread out to give
free access to voters who are
checking their names in the list;
Sec 75. Manner of Voting
SUMMARY OF SCHEDULES:

May 6, 2022 (Fri) – Delivery of

VCMs and Ballot Boxes to all
Voting Centers & FTS
May 7, 2022 (Saturday) – Checking
of Accountable Forms and
Supplies and Filling up of Non-
Accountable Forms from
Treasurer’s Office