OVERVIEW OF PALAWAN PLEBISCITE (RA 11259)

PRE-PANDEMIC PANDEMIC SITUATION

SITUATION
DIVISION 1. Palawan del Norte ( Taytay*,
(3 provinces) Coron, Culion, Busuanga,
Linapacan, El Nido)
2. Palawan Oriental (Roxas*,
Araceli, Dumaran, Cuyo, Agutaya,
Magsaysay, Cagayancillo, San
Vicente)
3. Palawan del Sur (Aborlan*,
Narra, Quezon, Rizal, Española,
Bataraza, Balabac, and Kalayaan)
Date May 11, 2020 March 13, 2021

March 25, 2020, En Banc issued

Resolution No. _____, suspending
all preparatory activities relative to
the conduct of Palawan plebiscite
and the Calendar of Activities.
April 7, 2020, EnBanc motu proprio
postponed the May 11, 2020
Palawan plebiscite.
Currently, Palawan Province is under
MGCQ.
October 8, 2020. IATF approved the
health and safety protocols to be
implemented for the resumption of
the conduct of plebiscite
October 14, 2020, En Banc resolved
to lift the suspension of all
preparatory activities for the
conduct of plebiscite
On ______, the new Calendar of
Activities for the Palawan plebiscite
was approved.
Information April 11, 2020 (Saturday) to February 11, 2021 to March 11,
Campaign May 9, 2020 (Saturday) 2021
- with strict observance of the
- traditional barangay minimum health and safety
assemblies or pulong-pulongs protocols
-no traditional barangay assemblies
or pulong pulongs
- utilization of virtual, online,
televised or radio aired pulong-
pulongs and social media
Voters All qualified and duly registered
voters as of October 2019 ERB
Hearing
Registered voters 490,639 490,639
Clustered 1524 2,959
Precincts (CP)
Established 3250 3,250
Precincts
Polling Places 466 487
Plebiscite 466 487 + separate Pleb Com for IPP
Committees (Pleb
Com)
Municipalities 23 except Puerto Princesa City 23 except Puerto Princesa City
(HUC) (HUC)
IPP Establishment of Isolated Polling
Places
Budget P79,242,370.26 P137,033,777.00
PCVL 3 copies - to be printed by ITD 4 copies – to be printed by ITD
EDCVL 3 copies 4 copies – to be printed by Election
Officers
Plebiscite Forms Procurement of additional anti-
and Supplies COVID 19 supplies
Anti-COVID19 -Inspection of voters before entry to
Rules the voting centers (thermal check)
(Sec. 27) - No face mask, no face shield, no
entry
- pre-filled Health Declaration Form
-
Medical Personnel No medical personnel required - Medical Personnel for each voting
centers
Voters Assistance No VAD -After a voter has been cleared from
Desk (VAD) entry at the voting center, the voter
shall proceed at the Voters
Assistance Desk to ascertain their
precinct Number and other
directions.
Persons Allowed 1. PlebCom members; 1. Pleb Comm members
inside polling 2. Watchers who shall 2. One watcher each for the
place (Sec 31) stay only in the space proponent and oppositor AND 1
reserved for them; accredited Citizen’s Arm
3. Voters casting their 3. Voters casting their votes
votes; 4. Others specifically authorized by
4. Voters waiting for the Commission
their turn to vote;
5. Voters waiting for *** Maximum of 5 voters inside the
their turn to get their polling place at any given time
ballots; and
6. Others who are
specifically authorized
by the Commission.

Order of Voting 1. The voters vote in the order
of their arrival;
2. No watcher enters the areas
reserved for the voters and the
PlebCom;
3. No watcher mingles and
talks with the voters;
4. No person carrying any
firearm or other deadly
weapon, except those
expressly authorized by the
Commission, enters the polling
place;
5. No crowding of voters and
disorderly behavior occur inside
the polling place.
6. The voters after having cast
their votes shall immediately
leave.
1. The voters vote in the order of
their arrival and must sanitized both
hands before entry;
2. Must wear face mask and face
shield
3. No watcher enters the areas
reserved for the voters and the
PlebCom;
4. No watcher mingles and talks
with the voters;
5. No person carrying any firearm
or other deadly weapon, except
those expressly authorized by the
Commission, enters the polling
place;
6. No crowding of voters and
disorderly behavior occur inside the
polling place.
7. strict observance of 1 meter
physical/social distancing
8. The voters after having cast their
votes shall immediately leave.

Plebiscite Period February 11, 2021 (THUR) to

March 20, 2021 (SAT)