Ulog#2 - Briefing For The SK And Barangay Election

Hello friend,sharing how's my day revolve 'til sunset steals the warm light.

I woke up earlier for the home chores and went outside for photocopying of two valid id 's as a requirement to become a member of the Electoral Board of the /SK and Barangay Election.

The briefing was scheduled at 1PM so I had my early lunch with Fish Inun-unan and Ampalaya With Egg.

The venue was set at Lapu-lapu Central Elementary School.

I arrived earlier like many others, as usual while waiting for the time, pictorial took place.

Me, @georgie84 and @sawi, they are my close buddies in school

And @jenessa who is my co-team to serve in same precinct together with another colleague.

The briefing was mainly conducted by the Lapu-lapu City lawyer in the discussion of the General Instructions G.I.).

Attendees learnt that:

1. That SK voters are from 15 years of age to 30 as ammended and a voter can vote for both SK and Barangay officials and be given two ballots as indicated in a system-generated list of voters, referring to voters with asterisk on the list
2. That if only the the surname or first name is written, the vote is valid if there is no other candidate with same name of the same office
3. That if only first name is written and read with the sound the same with the surname of another candidate, the vote goes to the candidate with the surname
4. That in case two persons with the same names for the same office, better write the nick name
5. That if same surnames are written in different lines of the same office with same number of the running candidates, the votes are evenly distributed to the candidates; but say for example there are only two surnanames wriiten but the candidates are three, votes are not counted
6. That if type-written are the entries of the official ballot like a cut-out from the sample ballot and just pasted, it is invalid
7. That if only surname is written and running candidates have same surnames, the vote goes to the incumbent

There are a lot of rules in the Appreciation of Votes, that we need to review in the GI. I need to read and comprehend them. The ballots to use this May 14 election has a date last October 2017 which was the supposed schedule. DO NOT ERASE the date otherwise it will become an invalid ballot as per memorandum released.