Detainee Voting for the May 9, 2016 National, Local and ARMM Elections
DETAINEE VOTING is the process by which a registered detainee voter, whose registration record is not transferred, deactivated, cancelled or deleted, may still exercise his right to vote.
COMELEC Resolution 9371, dated 06 March 2012, has defined a detainee to be any person who is:
- confined in jail, formally charged for any crime/s and awaiting/undergoing trial; or
- serving a sentence of imprisonment for less than one (1) year; or
- whose conviction of a crime involving disloyalty to the duly constituted government such as rebellion, sedition, violation of the firearms laws or any crime against national security or for any other crime is on appeal.
Please click on any of the following links for more information in relation to the 09 May 2016 National and Local Elections:
- Notice of Counting and Canvassing
Date: 04 May 2016 - Press Release: Detainee Voters to Vote for National Positions Only
Date: 04 May 2016 - Resolution No. 10113
General Instructions on the Conduct of Counting and Canvasing of Ballots of Detainee Voters With Votes Cast in Favor of Local Candidates in Connection With the May 9, 2016 National and Local Elections
Promulgated: 03 May 2016 - Resolution No. 10112
In the Matter of Further Amending Resolution No. 10057 (General Instructions to Board of Election Inspectors on the Testing and Sealing of Vote Counting Machines (VCMs), and Voting, Counting, and Transmission of Election Results in Connection with the May 9, 2016 National and Local Elections), as Amended, and certain Provision of Resolution No. 9371
Promulgated: 03 May 2016 - Resolution No. 10057
General Instructions for the Boards of Election Inspectors (BEI) on the Testing and Sealing of Vote Counting Machines (VCMs), and Voting, Counting, and Transmission of Election Results in Connection with the 09 May 2016 National and Local Elections
Promulgated: 11 February 2016 - Resolution No. 9371
Rules and Regulations on Detainee Registration and Voting in Connection with the May 13, 2013 National and Local Elections and Subsequent Elections Thereafter
Promulgated: 06 March 2012 - POP on Detainee Voting
Date: 13 April 2016- Correction of the EDCVL and PCVL for Tagaytay City
Date: 5 May 2016
- Correction of the EDCVL and PCVL for Tagaytay City
- List of Detention Facilities/Jails: