Republic of the Philippines Commission on Elections Manila General Instructions

Republic of the Philippines

COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS

Manila

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FORTHE BOARD OF ELECTIONINSPECTORS (BEI) ON THEVOTING, COUNTING, ANDTRANSMISSION OF RESULTS INCONNECTION WITH THE 10MAY 2010, NATIONAL ANDLOCAL ELECTIONS.PRESENT:MELO,

Jose A.R.,

SARMIENTO,

Rene V.,

FERRER,

Nicodemo

TAGLE,

Lucenito N.,

VELASCO,

Armando C.,

YUSOPH,

Elias R.,

LARRAZABAL,

Gregorio Y.

ChairmanCommissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner

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Promulgated:

December 29,2009

RESOLUTION NO. 8739WHEREAS

, Republic Act No. 9369 authorized the Commission onElections to use an automated election system as it may deem appropriateand practical for the process of voting, counting and transmission of results;

WHEREAS

, in pursuit of this mandate, the Commission on Electionsresolved, in connection with the May 10, 2010, National and Local elections,to adopt a paper–based automated election system by using

PrecinctCount Optical Scan (PCOS) Machines

,which shall be deployed in all

polling places

nationwide;

BEI General Instructions for May 10, 2010 National and Local Elections

NOW THEREFORE

, pursuant to the powers vested in it by theConstitution, the Omnibus Election Code, Republic Act No. 9369, and otherelection laws, the Commission

HEREBY

RESOLVES

to promulgate, thefollowing General Instructions for the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) onthe Voting, Counting, and Transmission of Results:

ARTICLE IB

OARD

OF ELECTION INSPECTORSSEC. 1.

Board of Election Inspectors (BEI); constitution and appointment.

– The Commission on Elections, through its Election Officer,shall constitute not later than January 8, 2010, the BEI for eachprecinct/clustered precinct from the list of all public school teacherssubmitted by the Department of Education’s (DepEd) highest official withinthe city/municipality/school district. The BEI shall be composed of a Chairman and two (2) members, one of whom shall be designated as poll clerk, and all of whom shall be publicschool teachers, giving preference to those with permanent appointment andthose who served in the immediately preceding National and Local Elections.In all cases, the Election Officer shall ensure that at least one (1)member of the BEI shall be an information technology-capable person ascertified by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) after thetraining of the same.In case there are not enough public school teachers, teachers inprivate schools, employees in the civil service, or citizens of known probityand competence who are registered voters of the city or municipality may beappointed as members of the BEI; provided, that the chairman shall be apublic school teacher.

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BEI General Instructions for May 10, 2010 National and Local Elections

SEC. 2.

Qualifications of members of the BEI.

- No person shallbe appointed as chairman or member of the BEI, whether regular, substituteor temporary, unless he:

a)

Is of good moral character and irreproachable reputation;b)Is a registered voter of the city or municipality;

c)

Has never been convicted of any election offense or of anyother crime punishable by more than six (6) months of imprisonment;

d)

Has no pending case against him filed in COMELEC/court forany election offense; and

e)

Is able to speak, read and write English or the local dialect.

SEC. 3.

Disqualification

. – No person shall serve as chairman ormember of the BEI if he or his spouse is related within the fourth civil degreeof consanguinity or affinity to any member of the same BEI or to anycandidate to be voted for or to the latter’s spouse. Violation of this provisionshall constitute an election offense as provided in Section 261 (bb), sub-par(3) of the Omnibus Election Code.

SEC. 4.

Notice of disqualification

. - Any chairman or member of the BEI who is disqualified for any reason shall immediately notify theElection Officer of such fact in writing, who shall in turn, appoint a substitute.

SEC. 5.

Temporary vacancies in the BEI

. – If, at the time of themeeting of the BEI, any member is absent or a vacancy exists, the memberspresent shall call upon a substitute from the list of public school teacherssubmitted by the DepEd to perform the duties of the absent member. If noneis available, the members present shall appoint any qualified non-partisanregistered voter of the precinct to temporarily fill said vacancy until the

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