Commision on Election Resolution No. 9751 OCTOBER 28, 2013 BARANGAY ELECTIONS WATCHERS Sec. 15. Official watchers of candidates and other groups. - Each candidate for the Barangay and SK elections may appoint two (2) watchers to serve alternately in every polling place or canvassing center. Duly accredited citizens’ arms of the Commission shall be entitled to appoint a watcher in every polling place or canvassing center. Other civic, religious, professional, business, service, youth, and any other similar organization, with prior authority of the Commission, shall be entitled collectively to appoint one watcher in every polling place. Sec . 16. Qualifications of watchers. - No person shall be appointed watcher unless he: Is a registered voter of the barangay or a member of the Katipunan ng Kabataan, as the case maybe, in the barangay where he is assigned; Is of good reputation; Has not been convicted by final judgment of any election offense or of any other crime; Knows how to read and write Filipino, English, or any of the prevailing local dialect; and Is not related within the fourth civil degree of consanguinity or affinity to the Chairman or any member of the BET in the polling place where he seeks appointment as watcher. Incumbent Barangay/SK Officials including Barangay Tanods shall not be appointed as watchers of any candidate or citizens’ arms. Sec. 17. Rights and duties of a watcher. - Upon entering the polling place, the watcher shall present to the Chairman of the BET his sworn written appointment. The appointment shall bear the signature of the candidate who appointed him with a statement that he possesses all the qualifications and none of the disqualifications as watcher. For this purpose, at least fifteen (15) days before election day, candidates shall provide the EOs with the list of names and signatures of their watchers. The Poll Clerk shall record the name of the watcher in the Minutes with a notation under the watcher’s signature that he is not disqualified to serve as such. The watcher shall have the right to: Stay in the space reserved for them inside the polling place; Witness the proceedings of the BET; Take note of what he may see or hear; Take photographs of the proceedings and incidents, if any, during the counting of votes, as well as of the Election Returns (ERs), tally board and ballot boxes; File a protest against any irregularity or violation of law which he believes may have been committed by the BET or by any of its members or by any person; Obtain from the BET a certificate as to the filing of such protest and/or of the resolution thereon; Have an unimpeded view of the ballot being read by the Chairman, of the ER and the tally board being simultaneously accomplished by the Poll Clerk and the Third Member respectively, without touching any of these election documents; and Be furnished, upon request, with Certificate of Votes, duly signed and thumb-marked by the Chairman and all members of the BET. Watchers shall not speak to any member of the BET, or to any voter, or among themselves, in such a manner as would disturb the proceedings of the BET.
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