COMELEC: Do’s and Don’ts: Things to remember when voting
THE Commission on Elections (COMELEC) reminds voters to observe the following:
Do’s
- Prepare your list of preferred candidates.
- Wear your face mask and observe social distancing.
- Upon receipt of your ballot, check the presence of any marking or if the ballot is torn or smudged.
- Use only the marking pen provided by the COMELEC in accomplishing / shading the ballot.
- Follow proper shading.
- Cover the ballot with the ballot secrecy folder while accomplishing it.
- Check your Voter’s Receipt and deposit it to the VVPAT (Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail) receptacle.
Don’ts
- Don’t tear or deface the ballot.
- Don’t tamper the security codes and timing marks of the ballot.
- Don’t erase any printing from the ballot, or put any distinguishing mark on the ballot.
- Don’t speak with anyone other than the Electoral Board (EB) while inside the polling place.
- Don’t overvote.
- Don’t take photos or videos of your ballot and the voter’s receipt.
- Don’t bring the ballot, ballot secrecy folder and marking pen outside the polling place.
Voting Process
- Have a temperature check before entering the voting center. If the temperature is 37.5 Celsius and above, person will be sent to the Isolation Polling Place (IPP) to vote.
- Go to the Voters’ Assistance Desk (VAD) to know your precinct, sequence numbers and assigned clustered precinct, then proceed to your polling place.
- Approach the EB and say your name, precinct number and sequence number, and EB will check if your name is on the Election Day Computerized Voters List (EDCVL) and will also check if your nail has an indelible ink mark. If there is no indelible ink mark, EB will verify your identity and ask you to sign with EDCVL.
- The Chairman will show you that the ballot is neat and clean and will place the ballot in the ballot secrecy folder before giving it to the voter along with the marking pen.
5.. Go to the voting area and vote by shading the oval before the name of your candidate.
- After voting, feed the ballot into the Vote Counting Machine (VCM), wait for the machine to scan your ballot and print the receipt. Return the folder and marking pen.
- Check the ballot receipt and place the receipt to the designated box, then let the EB apply the indelible ink to the nail of your right index finger.
- Exit the polling place and voting center after voting. (PIA Pangasinan/EMSA)
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