COMELEC Continuing Registration

REPUBLIC ACT No. 8189

PROVIDING FOR A GENERAL REGISTRATION OF VOTERS,
ADOPTING A SYSTEM OF CONTINUING REGISTRATION,
PRESCRIBING THE PROCEDURES THEREOF AND
AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR

Promulgated: 11 June 1996


Table of Contents
SECTIONS TITLE
1 Title
2 Declaration of Policy
3 Definition of Terms
4 Permanent List of Voters
5 Precincts and their Establishment
6 Arrangement of Precincts
7 General Registration of Voters
8 System of Continuing Registration of Voters
9 Who may Register
10 Registration of Voters
11 Disqualification
12 Change of Residence to Another City or Municipality.
13 Change of Address in the Same City or Municipality
14 Illiterate or Disabled Applicants
15 Election Registration Board
16 Compensation of the Members of the Board
17 Notice and Hearing of Applications
18 Challenges to Right to Register
19 Power to Administer Oath and Issue Summons
20 Approval and Disapproval of Application
21 Publication of Action on Application for Registration
22 Preservation of Voter's Registration Records
23 Provincial File
24 National Central File
25 Voter's Identification Card
26 Voter's Identification Number (VIN)
27 Deactivation of Registration.
28 Reactivation of Registration
29 Cancellation of Registration
30 Preparation and Posting of the Certified List of Voters
31 Sealing of Precinct Book of Voters
32 Common Rules Governing Judicial Proceedings in the Matter of Inclusion, Exclusion, and Correction of Names of Voters
33 Jurisdiction in Inclusion and Exclusion Case
34 Petition for Inclusion of Voters in the List
35 Petition for Exclusion of Voters from the List
36 Verification of Registered Voters
37 Voter Excluded Through Inadvertence or Registered with an Erroneous or Misspelled Name
38 Voters Excluded Through Inadvertence or Registered with an Erroneous or Mispelled Name
39 Annulment at Book of Voters
40 Reconstitution of Lost or Destroyed Registration Records
41 Examination of Registration Records
42 Right to Information
43 Computerization of Permanent List of Voters
44 Reassignment of Election Officers
45 Election Offenses
46 Penalties
47 Funding
48 Multi-partisan Monitoring and Evaluation Committee
49 Rules and Regulations
50 Separability Clause
51 Repealing Clause
52 Effectivity

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UPDATED: 09.11.2009 CFB