Resolution No. 9279
RECEPTION OF MULTI-TYPE OF APPLICATIONS
SUCH AS:
(1) TRANSFER WITH REACTIVATION
AND CORRECTION OF ENTRIES;
(2) REACTIVATION WITH CORRECTION OF ENTRIES; AND (3)
TRANSFER WITH CORRECTION OF ENTRIES, IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESUMPTION OF THE
SYSTEM OF CONTINUING REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN THE NON-ARMM AREAS
WHEREAS, in Resolution No. 9149 dated February 22, 2011,
the Commission on Elections promulgated Rules and Regulations for the
Resumption of the System of Continuing Registration of Voters and Validation of
Registration in the Non-ARMM Areas;
WHEREAS, said Resolution covers the reception of
applications for registration, transfer from another district/city and
municipality, transfer within the same city/municipality, reactivation, reactivation
with transfer, reinstatement in the list of voters, inclusion of registration
record in the Book of Voters, correction of entries and validation;
WHEREAS, in the first quarter of registration period it
was observed that various applicants filed more than one or multi-type of
applications with the Office of the Election Officers such as (1) transfer with
reactivation and correction of entries, (2) reactivation with correction of
entries, (3) and transfer with correction of entries. The said nature of applications is not covered
in the existing rules and regulations and current Voter Registration System
(VRS) installed in the voter Registration Machines (VRMs);
WHEREAS, in view of the absence of the rules and
regulations and the applicable system to serve the multi-type of applications,
the applicants were required to return back to the Office of the Election
Officers on the next quarter of registration period to complete the other
transaction, thereby causing inconvenience to the voters;
NOW
THEREFORE, pursuant to the powers
vested in it by the Constitution, the Omnibus Election Code, Republic Act No.
8189 and other related laws, the Commission on Elections has RESOLVED,
as it hereby RESOLVES, to adopt the following guidelines, by way of
supplemental to the existing rules and regulations in Resolution No. 9149, in
order to accommodate multi-type of applications and to avoid inconvenience to
the applicant-voters in connection with the continuing registration of voters
in Non-ARMM areas:
A. During the
registration period, the Election Officers/Acting Election Officers/Election
Assistants shall:
- Accept and process applications for transfer with reactivation and correction of entries, reactivation with correction of entries; and transfer with correction of entries. The procedures embodied in Resolution No. 9149 in so far as the manner of the reception, verification of the applications filed and the taking of demographics and biometrics data if necessary shall be strictly observed;
- The voter-applicants shall accomplish the prescribed forms corresponding to the types of transaction applied for; and
- The total number of multi-type of applications filed in the Office of the Election Officer shall be reflected in the Quarterly Progress Report.
B. The
Information Technology Department shall facilitate the necessary changes in the
program/system to incorporate the above multi-type of applications in the VRM.
Let
the Election and Barangay Affairs Department and Information Technology
Department implement this Resolution.
SO
ORDERED.
SIXTO S. BRILLANTES, JR.
Chairman
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RENE V. SARMIENTO
Commissioner
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LUCENITO N. TAGLE
Commissioner
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ARMANDO C. VELASCO
Commissioner
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ELIAS R. YUSOPH
Commissioner
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CHRISTIAN ROBERT S. LIM
Commissioner
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AUGUSTO C. LAGMAN
Commissioner
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