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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMBs and Partner Organisations of A-WEB

3. Nature of EMB shall provide the EO with the biometrics data of the
Independent affected voter/s. In the absence thereof, the ITD
shall provide the EO with the necessary acccess
4. No. of Members in EMB code for the updating and recapturing of the vot-
7 er’s biometrics data in accordance with the pro-
cedures in Minute Resolution No. 14-0597 dated
5. Terms of office
7 Years August 19, 2014.
13. Name of the Document viz Electoral Photo
6. EMB Members selected by
President Identity Card
Voters Identification Card
7. Chairperson’s Appointing Authority
President 14. Voter turnout in last National Elections
75.90%
8. Names of Elections conducted by EMB
National and Local Elections 15. Voting Method
Manual marking of Ballots with electronic counting
9. Titles of Electoral Legislation(s) of votes
Created by a 1940 amendment to the 1935 Con- 16. Voting Process
stitution
The poll commences at 6 am and closes at 5 pm.
10. Total Population A voter’s name is checked in the voter list, finger is
Total: 108 Million (estimate as of 4/13/2020) checked for indelible ink and identity is confirmed.
*Based on the Population Projections from the A ballot paper and a marking pen are issued. The
2015 Census of Population voter fills the ballot and feeds the ballot paper into
a Vote Counting Machine (VCM). A receipt is print-
Male: 54.3 Million (50.1%) Female: 54.1 Million ed for the voter to verify the accuracy of her/his
(49.9%) vote and place it in a receptacle placed near the
VCM.VCMs transmit results electronically with
11. Registered Electors printed copies and secure digital cards physically
Total: 62 Million (May, 2019)
as a backup in case of non-transmission.
12. Method of voter registration 17. Method of Electoral Dispute
Upate the Voting History of the registered voters Original jurisdiction for pre-election cases and
based on the Election Day Computerized Voters post-election petitions at the regional, provincial
List (EDCVL) used during the two (2) preceding and city levels belongs with COMELEC, which also
elections;
has appellate jurisdiction over rulings of the trial
Using the Voter’s Registration Machines (VRMs) courts. Contests involving the president or vice
verify the completeness of the biometrics data and president are determined by the Supreme Court
correctness of the demographics data including (sitting as the Presidential Election Tribunal).When
the nature/type of applications based on the ap- a contest involves members of the House of Rep-
proved Voter’s Registration Records (VRRs). resentatives or the Senate, an adjudicatory body
consisting of 3 members of the Supreme Court
In the event of corrupted biometrics data (photo- and 6 members of the respective legislative body
graph, fingerprint, and signature), a request shall be has jurisdiction as either the House of Represen-
submitted to the Election and Barangay Affairs De- tatives Electoral Tribunal or Senate Electoral Tribu-
partment (EBAD) thru Information Technology De- nal (SET). Within COMELEC, post-election disputes
partment (ITD) for the recapturing of the corrupted are handled by the Election Complaints and Adju-
voter’s biometrics data. If the corrupted biometrics dication Department (ECAD), election offenses of
data is available in the Central Database, the ITD a potentially criminal nature are investigated by

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