Question & AnswerQ&A (Commonwealth Act No. 233)
Regular elections shall be held on the second Tuesday in December starting from 1937 and every three years thereafter.
They shall assume office on the first day of January of the year following the election and serve for three years.
The municipal treasurer pays the expenses, charged to the branch of government for which the election was held. If simultaneous elections for two or more branches occur, costs are paid equally by the respective treasuries.
A third consecutive reelection to these offices is prohibited after the 1937 regular election.
A person must file a sworn certificate within the time fixed by law stating their candidacy, residency, eligibility, political party, campaign expense budget, and use no more than one nickname.
If convicted by a competent court for incurring greater expenses than allowed, the candidate is disqualified from continuing candidacy or holding office if elected.
They are appointed 70 days before the election by the municipal or city board or council, with the majority from the party with the largest votes in the previous election and the others from the party with the next largest votes.
Voters must be Philippine citizens, 21 years or older, able to read and write, resident for one year in the Philippines and six months in the city or municipality of registration, and not disqualified by law.
Persons sentenced to at least 18 months of imprisonment without a pardon, persons who violated allegiance, insane or feeble-minded persons, and persons unable to prepare their ballots themselves.
Voters must prepare ballots secretly inside the voting booth by writing the names of candidates; alias or unauthorized nicknames are prohibited; ballots must be folded and deposited properly with the number matched to the voter in the registry and thumbprints and signatures recorded.
Imprisonment for six months to four years, fines between six hundred to four thousand pesos, deprivation of suffrage rights, and disqualification from public office up to five years.
To examine and canvass all election returns in the province, prepare official statements, proclaim elected candidates, and send certified copies of results to the Secretary of the Interior and candidates.
The provincial board of canvassers holds a drawing after giving ten days notice to tied candidates, declaring the winner as if elected by majority vote.
Imprisonment from one month to two years, fines between one hundred to one thousand pesos, deprivation of suffrage, and disqualification from public office for up to four years.
Offenses prescribe one year after commission, but if discovered in judicial election contests, the term starts upon final judgment; actions begin upon issuance of arrest orders by the court.