COMELEC RESOLUTION NO.

9615 IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS ON THE FAIR ELECTIONS ACT

QUESTION:

WHAT IS ELECTION CAMPAIGN OR PARTISAN POLITICAL ACTIVITY? ANSWER : IT IS AN ACT DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE ELECTION OR DEFEAT OF A PARTICULAR CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATES TO A PUBLIC OFFICE. QUESTION: WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF ELECTION CAMPAIGN OR PARTISAN POLITICAL ACTIVITY?

 ANSWER : THE TERM ELECTION CAMPAIGN OR PARTISAN POLITICAL ACTIVITY REFERS TO ANY ACT DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE ELECTION OR DEFEAT OF A PARTICULAR CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATES TO A PUBLIC OFFICE AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING -

1. Forming organizations, associations, clubs, committees or other groups of persons for the purpose of soliciting votes and/or undertaking any campaign for or against a candidate; 2. Holding political caucuses, conferences, meetings, rallies, parades or other similar assemblies for the purpose of soliciting votes and/or undertaking any campaign for or against a candidate;

3. Making speeches, announcements, or commentaries or holding interviews for or against the election of any candidate; 4. Publishing or distributing campaign literature or materials designed to support or oppose the election of any candidate; 5. Directly or indirectly soliciting votes, pledges or support for or against any candidate.

QUESTION: ARE PERSONAL OPINIONS, VIEWS, AND PREFERENCES FOR CANDIDATES CONTAINED IN BLOGS CONSIDERED ACTS OF ELECTION CAMPAIGNING OR PARTISAN POLITICAL ACTIVITY?
ANSWER : NO, EXCEPT WHEN MADE OR EXPRESSED:

a.) by government officials in

Department, Department, Department, and the Executive

the Legislative
the Judicial the Constitutional

Commissions, and

b.) by members of the Civil Service.

QUESTION:

WHEN IS THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD FOR CANDIDATES FOR NATIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTIVE POSITIONS?

ANSWER :
ELECTIVE POSITION START Senator/Party-List Group February 12, 2013 Member, House of Representatives/ March 30, 2013 Regional, Provincial, City, and Municipal Officials END May 11, 2013 May 11, 2013

 QUESTION: IS IT LAWFUL TO ENGAGE IN AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN OR PARTISAN POLITICAL ACTIVITY ON MAUNDY THURSDAY (MARCH 28, 2013), GOOD FRIDAY (MARCH 29, 2013), ON THE EVE OF ELECTION DAY (MAY 12, 2013), AND ON ELECTION DAY (MAY 13, 2013)? ANSWER : NO.

QUESTION: HOW MUCH MAY A CANDIDATE SPEND FOR ELECTION CAMPAIGN? ANSWER :
FOR CANDIDATES WITH A POLITICAL PARTY OR WITH SUPPORT FROM A POLITICAL PARTY P3.00 F P3.00 FOR EVERY REGISTERED VOTER IN THE CONSTITUENCY WHERE THE CANDIDATE FILED HIS CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY

FOR INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES

P5.00 FOR EVERY REGISTERED VOTER IN THE CONSTITUENCY WHERE THE CANDIDATE FILED HIS CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY

FOR POLITICAL PARTIES AND PARTYLIST GROUPS

P5.00 FOR EVERY SUCH VOTER

QUESTION:

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ELECTION PROPAGANDA OR CAMPAIGN MATERIALS THAT CANDIDATES AND POLITICAL PARTIES ARE ALLOWED TO USE DURING THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD? LAWFUL ELECTION PROPAGANDA OR CAMPAIGN MATERIALS INCLUDE:

ANSWER

1. ANY WRITTEN OR PRINTED MATERIAL OF A SIZE NOT EXCEEDING EIGHT AND ONE-HALF INCHES (8 ) IN WIDTH AND FOURTEEN INCHES (14) IN LENGTH SUCH AS PAMPHLETS, LEAFLETS, CARDS, DECALS, AND STICKERS;
2. LETTERS, WHETHER HANDWRITTEN OR PRINTED, URGING VOTERS TO VOTE FOR OR AGAINST ANY CANDIDATE OR POLITICAL PARTY; 3. POSTERS WITH AN AREA NOT EXCEEDING TWO FEET BY THREE FEET (2 X 3) WHICH MAY BE MADE OF CLOTH, PAPER, CARDBOARD OR ANY OTHER MATERIAL;

4 MOBILE UNITS, VEHICLES, AND MOTORCADES OF ALL TYPES;

- WHETHER ENGINE OR MANPOWER DRIVEN OR ANIMAL DRAWN, - WITH OR WITHOUT SOUND SYSTEMS OR LOUD SPEAKERS, AND - WITH OR WITHOUT LIGHTS;

STREAMERS WITH AN AREA NOT EXCEEDINGTHREEFEET BY EIGHT FEET (3 X 8) DISPLAYED AT THE SITE AND ON THE OCCASION OF A PUBLIC MEETING OR RALLY.
5.

NOTE:

STREAMERS MAY BE DISPLAYED 5 DAYS BEFORE THE DATE OF A MEETING OR RALLY, BUT MUST BE REMOVED WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER SAID MEETING OR RALLY.

6. PAID ADVERTISEMENTS IN PRINT AND BROADCAST MEDIA SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION 9 OF COMELEC RES. NO. 9615 AND R.A. NO.9006; 7. ALL OTHER FORMS OF ELECTION PROPAGANDA NOT PROHIBITED BY THE OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE (OEC) OR BY THE RULES ON CAMPAIGNING (RES. NO. 9615 FOR THE 13 MAY 2013 ELECTIONS. NOTE: IN HEADQUARTERS OR RESIDENCES OF CANDIDATES, LAWFUL ELECTION PARAPHERNALIA MAY BE DISPLAYED, EXCEPT BANNERS OR STREAMERS.