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Republic of the Philippines
COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS
Manila

IN THE MATER OF AMENDING SECTION 12 OF COMELEC RESOLUTION NO. 8786 PROMULGATED MARCH 4, 2010

RESOLUTION NO. 8798               March 16, 2010

This is to amend Section 12 of Comelec Resolution No. 8786 promulgated March 4, 2010, entitled: "REVISED GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR BOARD OF ELECTION INSPECTORS (BEI) ON THE VOTING, COUNTING, AND TRANSMISSION OF RESULTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE 10 MAY 2010 NATIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS".

Section 12 of Comelec Resolution No. 8786, reads:

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Section 12. Voting Privilege of the Members of BEI. - Members of the BEI who are registered voters in precincts other than where they are assigned, may avail of the Local Absentee Voting, or on the day of the elections, vote in the precincts where they are registered, provided that they do so when the voting in their respective places of assignments is light, and their absence shall not be for more than twenty (20) minutes. For this purpose, they shall schedule their voting so that only one member of the BEI shall leave at any one time.</p>

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In order to provide ample time for the members of the Board of Election Inspectors to vote on election day, the Commission RESOLVED, as it hereby RESOLVES, to amend Section 12 of Comelec Resolution No. 8786, to NOW READ as follows:

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Section 12. Voting Privilege of the Members of BEI. - Members of the BEI who are registered voters in precincts other than where they are assigned, may avail of the Local Absentee Voting, or on the day of the elections, vote in the precincts where they are registered, provided than they do so when the voting in their respective places of assignments is light, and their absence shall not be for more than thirty (30) minutes. For this purpose, they shall schedule their voting so that only one member of the BEI shall leave at any one time.

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Let the Education and Information Department cause the immediate publication of this Resolution in two (2) newspapers of general circulation, give it the widest dissemination possible, and furnish copies thereof to all concerned.

SO ORDERED.

(Sgd.)JOSE A.R. MELO
Chairman

(Sgd.)RENE V. SARMIENTO Commissioner	(Sgd.)NICODEMO T. FERRER Commissioner
(Sgd.)LUCENITO N. TAGLE Commissioner	(Sgd.)ARMANDO C. VELASCO Commissioner
(Sgd.)ELIAS R. YUSOPH Commissioner	(Sgd.)GREGORIO Y. LARRAZABAL Commissioner

Source: Manila Bulletin - March 18, 2010 The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation

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