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A L L J U D G E S O F T H E D E S I G N AT E D S P E C I A LCOURTS TO HEAR, TRY A N D D E C I D E E L E C T I O NCONTESTS I N V O LV I N G ELECTIVE BARANGAYOFFICIALS

C O M E L E C M I N U T E R E S O L U T I O N N O . 1 4 - 0 0 2 3DATED JANUARY 7, 2014 ( IN THE MATTER OF THEDESCRIPTION OF THE SECURITY MARKINGS OFTI lE OFFICIAL BALLOTS USED IN THE OCTOBER28, 2013 BARANGAY ELECTIONS)

Appended herein as Annex "A", for the information and guidance ofall judges of the designated special courts to hear, try and decide electioncontests involving elective barangay officials, is the copy ot" COMEI.ECMinute Resolution No. 14-0023 dated January 7, 2014 (In the Matter ot" theDescription of the Security Markings of the Official Ballots Used in theOctober 28, 2013 Barangay Elections).

January _23_,2014

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Commissioner ,Christian Robert S. Lim

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1 4 - 0 0 2 3 . I N T H E M AT T E R O F T H E D E S C R I P T I O N O F T H E S E C U R I T YMARKINGS OF THE OFFICIAL BALLOTS USED IN THE OCTOBER 28,2013 BARANGAY ELECTIONS

T h i s p e r t a i n s t o t h e M e m o r a n d u m d a t e d D e c e m b e r 1 8 , 2 0 1 3 o f M s .

D u l c e C . S a g l e s , C h a i r p e r s o n , P r i n t i n g c o m m i t t e e a s f o r w a r d e d b y E x e c u t i v e

D i r e c t o r J o s e M . To l e n t i n o , J r . , s u b m i t t i n g t h e d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e s e c u r i t y

m a r k i n g s o f t h e O f fi c i a l B a l l o t s u s e d i n t h e O c t o b e r 2 8 , 2 0 1 3 B a r a n g a y

Elections.

The Memorandum of Ms. sagles reads:

" T h i s r e f e r s t o M i n u t e R e s o l u t i o n N o . 1 3 - 1 3 1 4 o f t h eCommission En Banc with the instrucfion to the Printing Committee tos u b m i t a n d d i v u l g e t h e d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e s e c u r i t y f e a t u r e sincorporated in the Official Ballots for the October 28, 2013 BarangayElections.

In compliance therewith, undersigned respectfully submits thefollowing secur/ty markings per province/city:.

A. ARMM and Provinces with Arabic Translat ions:

1 Bas i l an 8 Ta w i - Ta w i2 Lanao de /Nor te3 Lanao del Sur4 Magumdanao5 Nor th Co taba to6 S u l u7 Sul tan Kudarat

9 Palawan With Arabic Translationa. Brooke's Pointb. Balabacc. Batarazad. Sofronio Espa~ola

In the. Official Ballot, there is an instruction and posit ion to bevoted for as follows:

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Fill out the ballot secretly using the ballot secrecy folder.Do not put any distinctive mark on any part of this ballot. Asused as security features the letter "F" in the word 'Fill' is inTimes Roman bold and italicizedletter "i" in the word 'Fill' is in Arial, bold and italicized

KA GA WAD, SANGGUNIANG BARANGA Y:Two (2) spaces between the word Barangay and the colontoJ

B . For the Provinces of'.

Provinces Covered1 Quezon 9 Palawan2 Zambales a. Dumaran3 Laguna b. El Nido4 Tarlac c. Narra5 Batangas d. Puerto Princesa City6 Cavite e. Taytay7 Rizal f. Rizal8 Bulacan.

The following security markings were placed:

Fi l l out the bal lot secret ly using the bal lotsecrecy folder. Do not put any distinctive mark onany part of this ballot.'

1. 'F' in the word 'Fill' is in Times Romanitaficized

2 . T i n t he wo rd ' F i l l ' i s i n A r i a l ,italicized.

bold and

bold and

For the National Capital Region (NCR)

For NCR, the following security markings were used asincorporated in the same instruction in the ballot. 'Fill out theballot secretly using the ballot secrecy folder. Do not put anydistinctive mark on any part of this ballot.'

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1. y in the word 'secrecy" - P la t ino ,i t a l i c i z e d . v in the word 'distinctive'-A Garamond,italicized

Bold and

Bold and

Kagawad--, Sangguniang Barangay: Comma - 2spaces between the word Kagawad and the comm~

All Other Provinces

Majority of the provinces have used the following securitymarkings as in "Fill out: the ballot secretly using the ballotsecrecy folder.' 'Do not put any distinctive mark on any part ofthis ballot..

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"o" in the word 'folder' Times New Roman, bold anditalicized'k" in the word 'mark' Times New Roman; bold anditalicized

Provinces Covered1 Abra 27 Guimaras 5 32 Agusan de/Notre 2 8 Ifugao 5 43 Agusan de/Sur 2 9 Iloc~s Norte 554 Aklan 30 IIocosSur 5 65 Albay 3 1 Iloilo 576 Antique 32 Isabela 5 87 Apayao 3 3 Kalinga 5 98 Aurora 3 4 La Union 6 09 Bataan 35 Leyte 6 1

1 0 Batanes 36 Marinduque 6 211 Benguet 37 Masbate 63

1 2 Biliran

13 Bohol14 Bukidnon

15 Cagayan

16 Camarines Norte

1 7 Camarines Sur1 8 Camiguin1 9 Capiz

Misamis38 Occidental

Misamis3 9 Oriental40 Mt. Province

Negros4 1 OCcidental

Negros4 2 Oriental

NorthernSamar4 3

44 Nueva Ecija45 Nueva Vizcaya

20 Catanduanes 4 6

21 Cebu 4722 [Compostela] Valley 482 3 Davao del Norte 4 92 4 Davao Occidental 5 02 5 Dina~lat Islands 5 ~2 6 Eastem Samar 5 2

OccidentalMindoroOrientalMindoroPampangaPangasinanQuirinoRomblonSamar

SaranganiSiquijorSorsogonSouth Cotabato[Southern] LeyteS urigao de/NorteSurigao de/SurZambaonga del SurZamboanga de/NorteZamboanga SibugayPalawan

a. Abodan

b. Agutayac. Aracefi

d. Busuanga

e. Cagayancillo

f. Corong. Culionh. Kalayaan

i. Linapacan

j. [Magsaysay]k. QuezonI. Roxasm. San Vicente

Davao del Sur Plebiscite

In the instruction on how to answer the plebiscite question'To vote for its approval write the word 'YES' or '00' in the blankbox after the question; to vote for its rejection, write the word'NO' or 'HINDI' in the blank box after the question.

First a in the word 'approval' is italicizedSecond e in the word 'rejection' is italicized

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This Committee believes that with the above identifiedsecurity markings, it shall be able to assist the HonorableCourts facilitate the resolution of election cases.

For your information and appropriate action."

The Commiss i on RESOLVED, as i t he reby RESOLVES, t o app rove

the aforementioned description of the security markings of the OfficialBallots used in the October 28, 2013 Barangay Elections, as submittedby Ms. Dulce C. Sagles, Chairperson, Printing Committee.

Let the Executive

Information Technology

COMELEC Website.

Director implement this Resolution and the

Department shal l post the same in the

SO ORDERED

Commissioner Commissioner

(On Leave)CHRISTIAN ROBERT S. LIM

Commissioner

CommissionerChairmanAll CommissionersExecutive DirectorDeputy Executive Director for OperationsDeputy Executive Director for AdministrationPrinting CommitteeInformation Technology Department

MARIA GRACIA CIELO M. PADACACommissioner

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