QuestionsQuestions (Act No. 3210)
They must be filed not less than twenty days before the election day with the Chief of the Executive Bureau, which then immediately sends certified copies to the secretaries of the Houses and to the provincial boards (and the provincial boards to all polling places).
Any legally qualified elector may file his own certificate of candidacy (not later than noon of election day) with either the secretary of the provincial board or the municipal secretary; if death/disqualification occurs the day before election or before noon of election day, the certificate must be filed with any board of inspectors of the municipality where the elector resides.
Not less than twenty days before election day, with the secretary of the provincial board of the concerned province.
Not less than ten days before election day, with the municipal secretary.
No building owned or inhabited by any person who is a candidate for any office for which votes will be cast in any precinct shall be used as a polling place for that precinct.
Not more than one polling place shall be in the same room, and not more than two polling places shall be in the same building.
Ballot boxes must be solidly constructed so they cannot be opened except by means of three different keys; during voting/counting, one key is in the hands of each inspector, and all keys are surrendered to the municipal treasurer after the count in a sealed envelope signed by watchers and each inspector.
The box for valid ballots is white and bears the inscription “Box for valid ballots”; the box for spoiled ballots is much smaller, red, and bears the inscription “Box for spoiled ballots.”
Drinking, sale, dispensing, or offering of intoxicating liquors is absolutely prohibited on days of registration, the two days immediately preceding voting, on voting day, and during the entire time of counting. Cockfights are prohibited on election day (and also prohibited in buildings designated from time of designation until day after election).
Except in case of affray, riot or disorder, it is unlawful for any person other than a policeman or peace officer to carry firearms or any other kind of arms within fifty meters from any polling place during those days.
The municipal council must appoint, ninety days immediately prior to the general election, three inspectors and one poll clerk (with their respective substitutes) for each election precinct; they hold office for three years or until successors take charge.
Two inspectors and two substitutes must belong to the party/group that polled the largest number of votes in the next preceding election, and the other inspector and substitute must belong to the party/group that polled the next largest number.
With the exception of notaries public, no person who holds any public office, or is a candidate for any elective public office, shall be eligible to appointment as inspector or poll clerk.
No person shall vote at any general or special election under the chapter unless his name appears on the permanent list of voters.
It must state: name and surname, citizenship, place and date of birth, age on last birthday, marital status, profession/occupation/trade, exact residence/address, time of residence in the Philippines and municipality, qualification(s) to be a voter, absence of legal disqualifications, physical incapacity if applicable, recognition/acceptance of the U.S. supreme authority in the Philippines and pledge of true faith/allegiance; it must also state where/if the voter voted in the preceding election and include cedula number and issue details.
Persons sentenced (since August 13, 1898) by final sentence to not less than eighteen months imprisonment without removal by plenary pardon; persons who violated an oath of allegiance to the U.S.; insane or feeble-minded persons; deaf mutes who cannot read and write; and persons who present themselves as incapacitated to register despite having registered as not incapacitated.