Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan

Election Day:
MAY 14, 2018
A GUIDE to Poll Watching
 WHO ARE THE POLL WATCHERS
• Qualifications
• Rights and Duties
• Challenging Illegal Voters
• Challenging Illegal Acts
• Persons Allowed Inside Precinct
• Persons Not Allowed Inside Precinct Except To Vote What
 Watchers
• Every candidate for the Barangay Elections shall be entitled to
One (1) watcher in every polling place or canvassing center
 Qualifications
• Is a registered voter of the barangay or a member of the
katipunan ng Kabataan, as the case maybe, in the assigned
barangay
• Good reputation
• Has not been convicted by final judgment of any election
offense or any other crime
• Knows how to read and right Filipino, English or any of the
prevailing local dialect
 Qualifications
• Is not related within the fourth (4th civil) degree of consaguinity
or affinity to the chairperson or any Electoral Board members
in the polling place where the watcher seeks appointment
• NOTE: Incumbent Barangay Officials including Barangay Tanods
shall not be appointed as watchers of any candidate
Rights of
POLLWATCHERS
 Rights
• Stay in place reserved for them inside the polling place;
• Witness the proceedings of the Electoral Board
• Take note of what they may see or hear
• Take photographs of the proceedings and incidents, if any,
during the counting of votes, as well as the Election Returns
(ERs), tally board, and ballot boxes
• File a protest against any irregularity or violation of law
 Rights
• Obtain from the Electoral Board a certificate as to the filing of
such protest and/or resolution thereon
• Have an unimpeded view of the ballot being read by the
Chairperson, of the ER and the tally board being
simultaneously accomplished by the Poll clerk
• Request and be furnished with Certificate of Votes
Proper Decorum

Hello, Kap!
Kumusta ho?
Magandang umaga
din po!

‘morning,
Kap!

Kap Isko! Kap!

 Watchers’ Conduct
• Watchers shall not speak to any Electoral Board members, or
to any other voter, or among themselves, in such a manner as
would disturb the electoral proceedings
• No watcher shall enter the place reserved for voters and the
BEI, nor mingle and talk with the voters
• Watchers must stay only in the place reserved for them
Reminder:

Please don’t wear any

article of clothing
PROMOTING AN
OFFICIAL
“ The problems on illegal drugs, criminality,
and corruption are just three of many societal
ills that the national down to barangay
governments have to solve hand-in-hand. ”
 GROUNDS TO
CHALLENGE A VOTER
• Not Registered
• Using another person’s name
• Is suffering from an existing
disqualification
• Expects payment for his vote
• Offers or buys another person’s
vote
• Made a Bet that depends on
the results of the election
Don’t worry, should you need assistance,
You could always contact us
Election Reminders:

 The Ballot box shall NEVER be reopened to place therein

or to take our therefrom any document or article except
in proper cases and with prior written authority from the
COMELEC.
 In such cases, Watchers must first be notified. Upon
opening, they should also be present
Election Reminders:

 DO NOT post stickers or put up other materials all over

the place.
 DO NOT file frivolous reports against people you oppose.
THANK YOU
FOR LISTENING