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Que3on City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No.2346

Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE MINIMUM CONTENTS OF A
COMPREHENSIVE REPORT OF ELECTIONS TO THE PRESIDENT
AND TO CONGRESS BY THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS

The Constitution, Article IX-C, Section 2, Paragraph 9, provides that one of the main
functions of the Commission of Elections is to “submit to the President and the Congress

a comprehensive report on the conduct of each election, plebiscite, initiative, referendum
or recall.”

Although the Comelec has been complying with this provision after every regular
elections, basic electoral data contained in the report are not even complete, let alone
comprehensive. Interested parties, candidates, and researchers find the voluminous
report of very limited value because the data in these reports are not comparable.

As an implementing act of the aforementioned constitutional provision, this bill defines
the word “comprehensive” in terms of the minimum contents of such report. By
providing the minimum contents of the report, the objective of the bill is to ensure that the
Comelec report shall contain basic and complete electoral data as a matter of record.
Further, it provides that the report be made automatically available in the National Library,
all libraries of state colleges and universities, provincial or city or municipal libraries.

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LUIS RJ ID “LRAY? Ff. VILLAFUERTE, JR.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL no® KD

Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE MINIMUM CONTENTS OF A
COMPREHENSIVE REPORT OF ELECTIONS TO THE PRESIDENT
AND TO CONGRESS BY THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled.

SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the “Comprehensive COMELEC
Report Act.”

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. — It is the policy of the State to document significant
political processes such as elections. In line with this, Commission on Elections is
directed by the Constitution to prepare and submit a comprehensive report on the
conduct of each election, plebiscite, initiative, referendum and recall to the President and
to Congress.

SECTION 3. Nature and Contents of the Comprehensive Report. — A comprehensive
COMELEC Report to the President and the Congress after every regular or special
election shall contain, but not limited to, the following:
(A) Narrative Assessment,
(1) Acomplete but concise explanation on the context of the election(s) conducted and
the election calendar.
(2) Amendments to and salient features of the election code and other laws governing
the conduct of the electoral exercise.
(3) Cost of Administering the Particular Political Exercise
(a) The actual cost of the election to the national and local governments, if any;
(b) Abreakdown of expenditures by item.
(4) Other information which the Commission of Elections deem important.
(B) Basic Electoral Data
(1) On Voters


(a) Number of registered voters per city/municipality;
(b) Number of voters who actually voted (voters turnout) per city/municipality;
(c) Number of the Voter's Registration Records (VRRs) used and cancelled.

(2) On Precincts
(a) Number of precincts that functioned in the immediately preceding elections by
city/municipality;
(b) Number of precincts newly created for the election under consideration by
city/municipality;
(c) Total number of precincts for the election under review by city/municipality;
(d) Number of precincts that actually functioned or failed to function by
city/municipality and the grant total number of precincts nationwide.
(3) On the number of Ballots, Election Returns, Ballot Boxes and other accountable
forms.
(a) Number of printed ballots, election returns and other accountable forms:
(b) Number of ballots, election returns, ballot boxes and all other accountable forms
actually used, spoiled and unused.
(4) On Candidates
(a) List of all candidates, party affiliation and their profession;
(b) Number of votes each candidate garnered by type of position.
(i) for President and Vice-President — the results by province and city in all
other regions except NCR where it is by city and municipality;
(ji) for Senators — the results by province;
(ii) for Congressmen - the results by district;
(iv) for Governor, Vice-Governor and Members of the Sangguniang
Panlalawigan — the results by province
(v) for Mayors, Vice-Mayors and Members of the Sangguniang
Pangbayan/Panglungsod — the result by city/municipality or district.
(c) Amount and sources of campaign funds, if already available.
(5) On election protests, violence and other election violations and offenses list and

status of election protests filed with regards to the election(s) being reported;

(a) Number of election related incidents of violence, offenses, and violations of the
election law by provinces and cities for all regions except for NCR where it will
be by cities and municipalities.

(6) Other data which the Commission on Elections may deem important.

SECTION 4. Date of Publication. - The COMELEC shall submit the comprehensive
Report at exactly six (6) months or at most, one (1) year after the holding of a regular or
special election.

SECTION 5. Dissemination of and Accessibility to the Report. — In addition to the
President and the Congress, the COMELEC shall provide copies of the Report to all
public libraries.

SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive
order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or
inconsistent with, the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended


accordingly.

SECTION 7. Separability Clause. If any part hereof, is held invalid or unconstitutional,
the remainder of the provision not otherwise affected shall remain valid and subsisting.

SECTION 8. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,