Cagayan election officer decries treatment by Enrile

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile

By: Melvin Gascon and Cathy Yamsuan
Philippine Daily Inquirer

TUGUEGARAO CITY (Nov 5, 2012) - The election officer of Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Sunday bewailed what she called the "unkind treatment" she received at the hands of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and his nephew, Jose Mari Ponce, on the last day for voter registration on Oct. 31.

Resolution No. 9005 - Procedure for Filing of Application for Transfer of VRR from Another District/City/Municipality

SEC. 8. Procedure for filing of application for transfer of registration records from another district/city/municipality. – Any registered voter who has transferred residence to another district/city/municipality, at least six (6) months before the October 25, 2010 elections, may apply for transfer of his/her registration record by personally appearing before the EO of his new residence.

The EO shall verify from the National List of Registered Voters (NLRV) if the applicant’s name is included in said list.  If the applicant’s name is not included in the NLRV, the EO shall verify if the applicant’s name is included in the National List of Deactivated Voters (NLDV).

a.  If applicant’s name is included in the National List of Registered Voters or in the National List of Deactivated Voters -

The EO shall give the applicant three (3) copies of the prescribed application form hereto attached as Annex “C” (CEF-1B – Application for Transfer/Application for Transfer with Reactivation).  The applicant shall thereafter accomplish said application form separately in three (3) copies subject to Section 5 hereof.

It is important that the EO shall check the box corresponding to the appropriate type of application.  In the assignment of precinct number and Application Form Number, the EO shall follow the procedure provided in Sec. 5 (c) hereof.

Using the DCS, the DCM Operator shall:

1. Select File -> Registration
2. Click on Transfer from other municipality/city radio button
3. Encode demographics information and capture the biometrics data of the applicant
4. Save the record

He shall then affix his/her initial below the space provided for the EO’s signature in Part 2 of the application form.

The application for transfer of registration records to another district/municipality shall be subject to the requirements of notice and hearing and the action of the ERB.

Once the application is approved, the EO shall notify of said approval the EO of origin by registered mail.  Only a notice of approval, duly signed by the EO as Chairman of the ERB, reflecting the name, birth date, place of birth, current address, old precinct assignment/barangay/city of the applicant-transferee shall be sent, without need of the copy of the approved application for transfer.  Upon receipt of said notice, the EO of origin shall remove the voter’s registration record from the corresponding precinct book of voters and delete the name of the voter from the district/city/municipal list of voters.

b.  If the applicant’s name is not included in the National List of Registered Voters nor in the National List of Deactivated Voters –

The EO shall first require the applicant to show proof of his registration.  In this aspect, a showing of a Comelec ID or a Certification from the EO of former place of registration will suffice as evidence of previous registration.  Upon such showing of proof, the EO shall issue an application for transfer.  A facsimile copy of the proof shall be attached to the application.

In the absence of proof that the applicant is a registered voter, the EO shall advise the applicant to file an application for registration.  The EO shall thereafter issue the prescribed application form (CEF-1A – Application for Registration) to the applicant, who shall accomplish said form in accordance with Section 6 hereof.  In addition, the EO shall issue to the applicant a Certification (sample form attached as Annex “D”) stating that the applicant intended to apply for transfer but he/she was instead advised to apply for original registration, for want of proof that he/she is a registered voter of another district/city/municipality.

The DCM operator shall perform the procedure for capturing demographics and biometrics as stated in Section 5(h) hereof.

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Guidelines for the Continuing Voter Registration (6)

SEC. 6. Application sans biometrics. – The application form of an applicant who fails to submit himself for the live capture of his biometrics data for cause/s attributable to his own fault shall be deemed incomplete and not filed.  As such, the application shall be disapproved for failure to complete the requirements.

In the event that the allocated Data Capture Machine (DCM) becomes defective or the biometrics data of the applicant cannot be captured within the registration period due to the great volume of applicants, absence of electricity/alternative power source and analogous cases, the Election Officer shall receive the application and inform the applicant when to return for data capture.  The Election Officers and their Assistants are authorized to accomplish the data capture not later than August 19, 2010.  If the biometrics data capture cannot be accomplished within the said period without fault of the applicant, the application shall be submitted to ERB for Hearing.

The CVL technicians shall certify as to the fact of DCM and its peripherals malfunction to be confirmed by the Provincial Election Supervisors, who shall report the matter to the Information Technology Department.

Further, in cases where any of the DCM peripherals become defective, such that the registration procedures cannot be completed, the Provincial Election Supervisors shall be allowed to make the necessary arrangements with the concerned Election Officers under his jurisdiction to devise a scheduling system for the sharing of the working DCM peripherals with nearby cities or municipalities until such time that the defective peripherals shall be replaced with working units. This sharing mechanism shall be limited to two cities and/or municipalities.

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Ten more days before the deadline to register as a voter

There are barely ten (10) days to go before the deadline to register as a voter.  If you wish to vote on May 10, 2010 National and Local Elections, you better get registered NOW!!

With ten days left before the October 31, 2009 deadline, the Commission on Elections has reiterated its call for qualified voters nationwide to register.

“We are aware that a lot of Filipinos choose to register at the last minute. So in order to accommodate them and also to address the growing crowds at our field offices as we near the registration deadline, the COMELEC en banc has ordered the extension of office hours in all registration centers nationwide. Registration is also extended until Sundays in calamity areas of Luzon,” said COMELEC spokesman James Jimenez.

The poll body spokesman said starting October 22, 2009 until October 30, 2009, registration hours in COMELEC field offices nationwide will now be until 9:00 PM. On October 31, the last day of registration, COMELEC offices will be open until midnight, he said.

Jimenez also added that the COMELEC has allowed voters registration on Sundays (October 18 and 25) but only in calamity stricken areas of Luzon such as Regions I, II, III, IV-A, V, CAR, and NCR.

Meanwhile, Jimenez said voters’ registration in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) will run daily (Mondays to Sundays) from October 19, 2009 until October 31, 2009 according to COMELEC Minute Resolution No. 09-0661.

Jimenez however noted that voters’ validation will be suspended to give way for new registrants.