November 17, 2021

COMELEC RESOLUTION NO. 10730

RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9006,

OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "FAIR ELECTION ACT," IN CONNECTION WITH
THE MAY 9, 2022 NATIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 9006, otherwise known as the "Fair

Elections Act" provides for the holding of free, orderly, honest, peaceful and
credible elections through fair election practices; HTcADC

WHEREAS, the said Act allows the publication or broadcast of political

advertisements or propaganda for or against any candidate or political
party;
WHEREAS, Section 3 of the said Act provides that election propaganda,
whether on television, cable television, radio, newspapers or any other
medium shall be subject to the supervision and regulation of the Commission
on Elections (hereafter, "COMELEC");
WHEREAS, Section 6.4 of the said Act directs the COMELEC, to
supervise in all instances the use and employment of press, radio and
television broadcasting facilities insofar as the placement of political
advertisements is concerned so as to give candidates equal opportunity
under equal circumstances to make known their qualifications and stand on
public issues within the limits set forth in the Omnibus Election Code and
Republic Act No. 7166; 1
WHEREAS, Section 13 of the same Act requires the COMELEC to
promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the implementation
thereof; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the COMELEC, by virtue of the powers vested in it
by the Constitution, the Omnibus Election Code, the Fair Elections Act,
Republic Act Nos. 6646, 2 7166 3 and other related laws has RESOLVED, as it
hereby RESOLVES, to promulgate the following Rules and Regulations.
SECTION 1. Definitions. — As used in this Resolution:
1. "Blog" and "collective blog" refer to websites on which an
individual or group of users, respectively, record news, opinions,
and information, in varying degrees of regularity. A " micro-blog "
refers to a blogging format which allows users to exchange small
elements of content — referred to variously as posts, entries or
status updates — such as short sentences, individual images, or
links to video material uploaded to the Internet.
2. "Candidate" refers to any person seeking an elective public
office, who has filed his or her certificate of candidacy, and who
has not died, withdrawn his or her certificate of candidacy, had
his or her certificate of candidacy denied due course or cancelled,
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 or has been otherwise disqualified before the start of the
campaign period for which he or she filed his certificate of
candidacy. Provided, that, unlawful acts or omissions applicable
to a candidate shall take effect only upon the start of the
aforesaid campaign period.
It also refers to any registered national, regional, or sectoral
party, organization or coalition thereof that has filed a
manifestation of intent to participate under the party-list system,
which has not withdrawn the said manifestation, or which has not
been disqualified before the start of the campaign period.
3. "Contractors " and "business firms" refer to any person,
natural or juridical, or firm to whom any electoral expenditure is
made in accordance with Section 112 of the Omnibus Election
Code, including but not limited, to media entities, media outlets,
internet and social media platforms, advertising agencies, public
relations firms and other intermediaries, event organizers, talent
endorsers and their managers, digital influencers, and printing
press for the purpose of entering into political advertisement
contracts. "Social media associates" refer to contractors
whose primary duty is to promote the election or defeat of any
candidate through social media interactions and engagement.
4. "Election campaign " or "partisan political activity " refers to
an act designed to promote the election or defeat of a particular
candidate or candidates to a public office, and shall include any
of the following:
a. Forming organizations, associations, clubs, committees or
other groups of persons for the purpose of soliciting votes
and/or undertaking any campaign for or against a
candidate;
b. Creating on any social media platform, user groups or
community pages, for the purpose of conducting campaigns
or related partisan political activity;
c. Holding political caucuses, conferences, meetings, rallies,
parades or other similar assemblies for the purpose of
soliciting votes and/or undertaking any campaign or
propaganda for or against a candidate;
d. Making speeches, announcements or commentaries, or
holding interviews for or against the election of any
candidate for public office;
e. Publishing, displaying or distributing campaign literature or
materials designed to support or oppose the election of any
candidate; or
f. Directly or indirectly soliciting votes, pledges or support for
or against any candidate.

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 Personal opinions, views, and preferences for candidates,
contained in blogs and micro-blogs shall not be considered as
acts of election campaigning or partisan political activity unless
expressed by government officials in the Executive Department,
the Legislative Department, the Judiciary, the Constitutional
Commissions, and members of the Civil Service.
5. "Election survey" refers to the measurement of opinions and
perceptions of the voters as regards a candidate's popularity,
qualifications, platforms or matters of public discussion in relation
to the election, including voters' preference for candidates or
publicly discussed issues during the campaign period.
6. "Electoral ads" and "electoral posts" refers to advertisements
and social media posts that have for their primary purpose the
promotion of the victory or defeat of an official candidate.
7. "E-rally " refers to a rally under Article X of the Omnibus Election
Code which is conducted for an online audience.
8. "Exit polls " refers to a species of election survey conducted by a
qualified individual or a group of individuals for the purpose of
determining the probable result of an election by confidentially
asking randomly selected voters for the names of candidates
they have voted for, immediately after they have officially cast
their ballots.
9. "Livestreaming" refers the live broadcasting of an event over
the internet.
10. "Mass Media " refers to diversified technologies, operating on
various platforms, that have for their primary purpose the
transmission of information and communication to a large
audience. These platforms include broadcast, internet and
mobile, print, and outdoor. " Mass Media Entities " refer to
individuals and organizations that exercise control over these
technologies and determine, whether directly or indirectly, the
content being distributed using these technologies. " Social
media" is a form of mass media.
11. "Media practitioner " refers to a person who is not employed
by a media entity but performs similar functions or has control
over what is printed or broadcast such as a talent or a block
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Persons who create online content for personal or collective blogs

and micro-blogs shall be considered media practitioners for
purposes of these Rules.
12. "Microtargeting" refers to a form of targeting online
advertisements that uses recent technological developments to
analyze a person's online usage, to preferentially serve
advertisements and other information that specifically reflect that
individual user's preferences and personality.
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 13. "Online campaigning" refers to the use of the internet to
distribute campaign propaganda. This includes text-only posts on
social media, pictures, audio clips, and video clips, regardless of
duration, and all combinations of such formats.
14. A "meme" refers to an image or video, often of unknown or
uncertain origin, that is spread by internet users on various social
media networks.
15. "Party " refers to either a political party, whether national or
sectoral party, or a coalition of parties, and party-list
organizations duly registered/accredited with the COMELEC.
16. "Political advertisement," or "election propaganda" refers
to any matter broadcasted, published, printed, displayed or
exhibited, in any medium, which contains the name, image, logo,
brand, insignia, initials, and other symbol or graphic
representation that is capable of being associated with a
candidate, and is exclusively intended to draw the attention of
the public or a segment thereof to promote or oppose, directly or
indirectly, the election of the said candidate or candidates to a
public office. In broadcast media, political advertisements may
take the form of spots, appearances on television shows and
radio programs, live or taped announcements, teasers, and other
forms of advertising messages or announcements used by
commercial advertisers.
Political advertising includes endorsements, statements,
declarations, or information graphics, appearing on any internet
website, social network, blogging site, and micro-blogging site,
which — when taken as a whole — has for its principal object the
endorsement of a candidate only, or which were posted in return
for consideration or are otherwise capable of pecuniary
estimation.
17 "Social Media" refers to the collective of online communication
channels, including websites and applications, that enable users
to create and share content, collaborate, and interact with each
other. For purposes of these Rules, video sharing sites which
allow users to post comments on individual entries shall be
considered as falling within the broad category of "social media."
"Social Media Account" refers to a user's personalized access
to a social networking site or application, typically using a
username and password combination." A social media account
allows a user to interact with other users on the same social
networking site. "Social Media Post" refers to any text, audio,
or graphic content — or any combination thereof — published
online using a social media account.
SECTION 2. Campaign Period . — For purposes of the May 9, 2022
National and Local Elections, the campaign periods shall be:

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 Elective Office Start End

Candidates for President, Vice- February 8, May 7, 2022

President, Senator and Party-List 2022
groups participating in the party-list
system of representation

Candidates for Members of the March 25, May 7, 2022

House of Representatives, regional, 2022
provincial, city and municipal
officials

SECTION 3. Prohibited Campaigning . — It is unlawful for any person

or for any political party, or association of persons to engage in an election
campaign or partisan political activity on Maundy Thursday (April 14, 2022),
Good Friday (April 15, 2022), the eve of election day (May 8, 2022) and on
Election Day (May 9, 2022).
SECTION 4. Prohibition against Foreign Intervention . — It is unlawful
for any foreigner, whether a juridical or natural person, to directly or
indirectly aid any candidate, or political party, organization or coalition, or to
take part in, or influence in any manner, any election, or to contribute or
make any expenditure in connection with any election campaign or partisan
political activity.
SECTION 5. Authorized Expenses of Candidates and Parties. — The
aggregate amount that a candidate may spend for an election campaign
shall be as follows:
a. For candidates for President and Vice-President — Ten pesos
(P10.00) for every registered voter
b. For candidates with political party — Three pesos (P3.00) for
every voter currently registered in the constituency where the
candidate filed his certificate of candidacy;
c. For other candidates without any political party and without
support from any political party — Five pesos (P5.00) for every
voter currently registered in the constituency where the
candidate filed his certificate of candidacy; and
d. For political parties and party-list groups — Five pesos (P5.00) for
every voter currently registered in the constituency or
constituencies where it has official candidates.
SECTION 6. Lawful Election Propaganda. — Election propaganda,
whether on television or cable television, radio, newspaper, the internet or
any other medium, is hereby allowed for all bona fide candidates seeking
national and local elective positions, subject to the limitation on authorized
expenses of candidates and parties, observation of truth in advertising, and
to the supervision and regulation by the COMELEC.
Lawful election propaganda shall include:
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 a. Pamphlets, leaflets, cards, decals, stickers or other written or
printed materials the size of which does not exceed eight and
one-half inches (8 1/2") in width and fourteen inches (14") in
length;
b. Handwritten or printed letters urging voters to vote for or against
any particular political party or candidate for public office;
c. Cloth, paper or cardboard posters, whether framed or posted,
with an area not exceeding two (2) feet by three (3) feet, except
that, at the site and on the occasion of a public meeting or rally,
or in announcing the holding of said meeting or rally, streamers
not exceeding three (3) feet by eight (8) feet in size, shall be
allowed: Provided, That said streamers may be displayed five (5)
days before the date of the meeting or rally and shall be removed
within twenty-four (24) hours after said meeting or rally;
d. Paid advertisements in print or broadcast media: Provided, That
the advertisements shall allow the requirements set forth in
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e. All other forms of election propaganda not prohibited by the

Omnibus Election Code or these rules, such as but not limited to:
1. Social media posts, regardless of format, whether original
or re-posted from some source, which may either be
incidental to the poster's advocacies of social issues or
which may have, for its primary purpose, the endorsement
of a candidate only;
2. Paid advertisements in broadcast, internet, mobile, print or
outdoor media subject to the requirements set forth in
Section 9 hereof and the Fair Elections Act;
3. Mobile units, vehicles, motorcades of all types, whether
engine or manpower driven or animal drawn, with or
without sound systems or loud speakers and with our
without lights;
4. In the headquarters and residences of candidates, lawful
election paraphernalia may be displayed, but banners and
streamers referred to in paragraph (c) above shall not be
allowed.
Parties and candidates are hereby encouraged to use recyclable and
environment-friendly materials and avoid those that contain hazardous
chemicals and substances in the production of their campaign and election
propaganda.
In local government units where local legislation governing the use of
plastic and other similar materials exist, parties and candidates shall comply
with the same.
Candidates and parties are required to incorporate sign language
interpreters and closed captioning in broadcast election propaganda
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 intended for exhibition on television and/or the internet, and are encouraged
to ensure the availability of their respective printed campaign materials in
Braille.
SECTION 7. Prohibited Forms of Election Propaganda. — During the
campaign period, it is unlawful:
a. To print, publish, post or distribute any newspaper, newsletter,
newsweekly, gazette or magazine advertising, pamphlet, leaflet,
card, decal, bumper sticker, poster, comic book, circular, handbill,
streamer, sample list of candidates or any published or printed
political matter and to air or broadcast any election propaganda
or political advertisement by television or radio for or against a
candidate or group of candidates to any public office, unless they
bear and be identified by the reasonably legible, or audible words
"political advertisement paid for," followed by the true and
correct name and address of the candidate or party for whose
benefit the election propaganda was printed or aired. It shall
likewise be unlawful to publish, print or distribute said campaign
materials unless they bear, and are identified by, the reasonably
legible, or audible words "political advertisements paid by,"
followed by the true and correct name and address of the payor.
b. To print, publish, broadcast, display, or exhibit any such election
propaganda donated or given free of charge by any person or
publishing firm or broadcast media entity to a candidate or party
without the written acceptance of the said candidate or party,
and unless they bear and be identified by the words "printed free
of charge," or "airtime for this broadcast mas provided free of
charge by," respectively, followed by the true and correct name
and address of the said publishing firm or broadcast entity;
c. To show, display or exhibit publicly in a theater, through a
television station, a video sharing site, social media network, or
any public forum any movie, cinematography or documentary,
including concert or any type of performance portraying the life
or biography of a candidate, or in which a character is portrayed
by an actor or media personality who is himself or herself a
candidate;
d. For any newspaper or publication, radio, television or cable
television station, or other mass media entity, or any person
making use of the mass media to sell or give free of charge print
or advertising space or airtime for campaign or election
propaganda purposes to any candidate or party in excess of the
size, duration or frequency authorized by law or these Rules. A
newspaper or publication, radio, television or cable television
station, or other mass media, or any person may require any
buyer to warrant under oath that such purchase is not in excess
of the size, duration or frequency authorized by law or these
Rules;
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 e. For any radio, television, cable television station, announcer or
broadcaster to allow the scheduling of any program, or permit
any sponsor to manifestly favor or oppose any candidate or party
by unduly or repeatedly referring to, or unnecessarily mentioning
his name, or including therein said candidate or party;
f. To print, publish, post, show, display, distribute any election
campaign or propaganda materials that are violative of gender
sensitivity principles, is obscene, offensive, discriminatory, or
otherwise constitutes a violation of the Magna Carta of Women;
and
g. To post, display or exhibit any election campaign or propaganda
material outside of authorized common poster areas, in public
places, or in private properties without the consent of the owner
thereof;
Public places include any of the following:
1. Publicly-owned electronic announcement boards, such as
light-emitting diode (LED) display boards located along
highways and streets, liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors
posted on walls of public buildings, and other similar
devices which are owned by local government units,
government-owned and controlled corporations, or any
agency or instrumentality of the Government;
2. Motor vehicles used as patrol cars, ambulances, and for
other similar purposes that are owned by local government
units, government-owned and controlled corporations, and
other agencies and instrumentalities of the Government,
particularly those bearing government license plates;
3. Public transport vehicles owned and controlled by the
government such as the Metro Rail Transit (MRT), Light Rail
Transit (LRT), and Philippine National Railway trains and the
like.
4. Waiting sheds, sidewalks, street and lamp posts, electric
posts and wires, traffic signages and other signboards
erected on public property, pedestrian overpasses and
underpasses, flyovers and underpasses, bridges, main
thoroughfares, center islands of roads and highways;
5. Schools, public shrines, barangay halls, government offices,
health centers, public structures and buildings or any
edifice thereof; and
6. Within the premises of public transport terminals, owned
and controlled by the government, such as bus terminals,
airports, seaports, docks, piers, train stations and the like.
The printing press, printer, or publisher who prints, reproduces or
publishes said campaign materials, and the broadcaster, station manager,
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 owner of the radio or television station, or content creator of a post, owner
or administrator of any website who airs or shows the political
advertisements, without the required data or having false information, in
violation of these rules shall be criminally liable with the candidate under
Sec. 264 of the Omnibus Election Code and, if applicable, further suffer the
penalties of suspension or revocation of franchise or permit in accordance
with law.
Nothing in these rules shall be construed as limiting the authority of
the appropriate agencies and instrumentalities of the government to
promulgate their own rules and regulations, regarding the posting of political
print advertising on any regulated land, sea and air vehicle, including but not
limited to public utility vehicles and tricycles. DETACa

SECTION 8. Petition for Authority to Use Other Election Propaganda.

— Any person seeking authority to use other forms of election propaganda
not covered by those enumerated in Sec. 6 hereof and not prohibited by law
may file with the COMELEC, through the Clerk of the Commission, a verified
petition in ten (10) legible copies, describing the election propaganda sought
to be authorized with samples thereof.
Upon receipt of the petition, the Clerk of the Commission shall set it for
hearing and shall send notice thereof to the petitioner. On the day following
the receipt of the notice of hearing, the petitioner shall cause the publication
of the petition, together with the notice of hearing, in two (2) newspapers of
general circulation, and shall notify the COMELEC of such action.
If the COMELEC authorizes the use of the requested election
propaganda, the authorization shall be published in two (2) newspapers of
general circulation within one (1) week after the authorization has been
granted.
SECTION 9. Requirements and/or Limitations on the Use of Election
Propaganda through Mass Media. — All bona fide candidates shall have equal
access to mass media time and space for their election propaganda during
the campaign period subject to the following requirements and/or
limitations:
a. Broadcast Election Propaganda
The duration of air time that a candidate or party may use for
their broadcast advertisements or election propaganda shall be,
as follows:

For Candidates/ Not more than a total of one hundred

Registered twenty (120) minutes of television
Political Parties advertising, on a per station basis,
for a National whether appearing on national, regional,
Elective Position or local, free or cable television, and one
hundred eighty (180) minutes of radio
advertising, on a per station basis,
whether airing on national, regional, or
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 local radio, whether by purchase or
donation.

For Candidates for Not more than a total of sixty (60)

a Local Elective minutes of television advertising, on a
Position per station basis, whether appearing on
national, regional, or local, free or cable
television, and ninety (90) minutes of
radio advertising, on a per station basis,
whether airing on national, regional, or
local radio, whether by purchase or
donation.

In cases where two or more candidates whose names, initials,

images, brands, logos, insignias, symbols, or forms of graphical
representations are displayed, exhibited, used, or mentioned
together in the broadcast election propaganda or advertisements,
the length of time during which they appear or are being
mentioned or promoted will be counted against the airtime limits
allotted for the said candidates or parties.
In like manner, the cost of the length of time during which
individual candidates, groups of candidates, or parties appear or
are being mentioned or promoted, shall be computed as a
fraction of the total cost of the advertisement, and such fraction
shall be considered their respective expenditures, to be deducted
from the total cost of the advertisement.
The balance shall be counted against the expenditure limits of
whoever paid for the advertisements or to whom the said
advertisements were donated.
Appearance or guesting by a candidate on any bona fide
newscast, bona fide news interview, bona fide news documentary,
if the appearance of the candidate is incidental to the
presentation of the subject or subjects covered by the news
documentary, or on-the-spot coverage of bona fide news events,
including but not limited to events sanctioned by the COMELEC,
political conventions, and similar activities, shall not be deemed
to be broadcast election propaganda within the meaning of this
provision. For purposes of monitoring by the COMELEC and
ensuring that parties and candidates were afforded equal
opportunities to promote their candidacy, the broadcast media
entities shall give prior notice to the COMELEC, through the
appropriate Regional Election Director (RED), or in the case of the
National Capital Region (NCR), the Education and Information
Department (EID). If such prior notice is not feasible or
practicable, the notice shall be sent within twenty-four (24) hours
from the first broadcast or publication. Nothing in the foregoing
sentence shall be construed as relieving broadcasters, in
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 connection with the presentation of newscasts, news interviews,
news documentaries, and on-the-spot coverage of news events,
from the obligation imposed upon them under Sections 11 and 14
of these Rules.
b. Printed or Published Election Propaganda
The maximum size of print advertisements for each candidate,
whether for a national or local elective positions, or party shall
be, as follows:

In broadsheets One fourth (1/4)

page

In tabloids One half (1/2) page

Two or more candidates, political parties, or party-list

organizations may cause the publication of coordinated print
advertisements, featuring more than one candidate, political
party, or party-list organization provided that the size and
frequency limitations provided for in this paragraph shall apply to
each candidate, political party, or party-list organization
appearing, mentioned or promoted in such a coordinated
advertisement.
The cost of coordinated print advertisements shall be pro-rated
among each candidate, political party, or party-list organization
appearing in each advertisement, and shall be reported by them
accordingly.
Print advertisements, whether procured by purchase or given free
of charge, shall not be published more than three (3) times a
week per newspaper, magazine or other publication during the
campaign period.
c. Internet, mobile and social media propaganda
The use of the internet, mobile platforms, and social media for
purposes of election propaganda shall be allowed subject to the
following guidelines:
1. Each registered political party/coalitions and candidate
shall register with the Education and Information
Department of the COMELEC, the website name and web
address of all platform-verified official accounts, websites,
blogs and/or other social media pages of such political party
or candidate within thirty (30) days from the last day of the
period for the filing of the Certificates of Candidacy.
Websites completing the verification process after the said
period and other social media accounts established after
the said period must be registered with the COMELEC-EID
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 within five (5) days from its verification or registration. HEITAD

2. Any other website, blog, or social media page not

registered above but which, when taken as a whole, has for
its primary purpose the endorsement of a candidate,
whether or not directly maintained or administered by the
candidate or their official campaign representatives, shall
be considered additional official websites, blogs or social
media pages of the said candidate, for all regulatory
purposes.
3. Only verified accounts, websites, blogs, and/or social media
pages may run electoral ads, and boost or promote
electoral posts.
4. Microtargeting of electoral ads shall not be allowed
provided that electoral ads can be targeted using only the
following criteria: geographical location, except radius
around a specific location; age; and gender; provided
further that contextual targeting options may also be used
in combination with the above-mentioned criteria.
5. Information contained in online campaign propaganda shall
be truthful and not misleading, nor shall it tend to
unjustifiably cast doubt on the integrity of the electoral
process.
6. All electoral ads must show a disclosure that identifies who
paid for the ad. All electoral posts must show a disclosure
that identifies it as a paid electoral ad, and discloses who
paid for the ad.
d. Common requirements and/or limitations:
Any printed or published, and broadcast election propaganda for
or against a candidate or group of candidates to any public office
shall bear and be identified by the reasonably legible or audible
words "political advertisement paid for," followed by the true and
correct name and address of the candidate or party for whose
benefit the election propaganda was printed or aired. It shall also
bear, and be identified by, the reasonably legible, or audible
words "political advertisement paid by," followed by the true and
correct name and address of the payor. This rule shall also apply
to online advertisements.
The notices required in the immediately preceding paragraph
shall be considered reasonably legible on printed materials, if it
complies with the following:
(i) The notice must be of sufficient type size to be clearly
readable by the reader of the information.
A notice in twelve (12)-point type size satisfies the size
requirement of this paragraph when it is used for signs,
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 posters, flyers, newspapers, magazines, or other printed
material that measure no more than two (2) feet by three
(3) feet.
(ii) The notice must be contained in a printed box, set apart
from the other contents of the sign, poster, flyer, or
newspaper advertisement.
(iii) The notice must be printed with a reasonable degree of
color contrast between the background and the printed
statement. A notice satisfies the color contrast requirement
of this paragraph if it is printed in black text on a white
background or if the degree of color contrast between the
background and the text of the notice is no less than the
color contrast between the background and the largest text
used in the communication.
The notices required in the immediately preceding paragraph
shall be considered reasonably legible on television, if it complies
with the following:
(i) The notice must appear in letters equal to or greater than
four (4) percent of the vertical picture height;
(ii) The notice must be visible for the duration of the
broadcast advertisement; and
(iii) The notice must appear with a reasonable degree of color
contrast from the background. A notice satisfies the color
contrast requirement of this paragraph if it is displayed in
black text on a white background or if the degree of color
contrast between the background and the text of the notice
is no less than the color contrast between the background
and the largest type size used in the communication.
If the space for printed or published election propaganda is
donated by the publishing firm, or the airtime for broadcast
election propaganda is given free of charge by the radio, or
television station or cable television, they shall bear and be
identified by the reasonably legible or audible words "printed free
of charge," or "airtime for this broadcast was provided free of
charge by," respectively, followed by the true and correct name
and address of the said publishing firm or broadcast entity. This
rule shall also apply to online advertisements.
All broadcast and digital mass media entities shall preserve their
broadcast logs or analogous records for a period of five (5) years
from the date of broadcast for submission to the COMELEC
whenever required.
Certified true copies of broadcast logs, certificates of
performance, and certificates of acceptance, or other analogous
record shall be submitted, as follows:

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 Candidates 1st Report 3 weeks after start of March 1, 2022
for campaign period
National
Positions 2nd Report 3 weeks after 1st filing week March 22,
2022

3rd Report 1 week before election day May 2, 2022

Last Report Election week May 13, 2022

Candidates 1st Report 1 week after the start of April 1, 2022

for Local campaign period
Positions
2nd Report 1 week after 1st filing week April 8, 2022

3rd Report Election week May 13, 2022

Last Report 1 week after election day May 16, 2022

For subsequent elections, the schedule for the submission of

reports shall be prescribed by the COMELEC.
SECTION 10. Written Acceptance of Election Propaganda and/or
Political Advertisements . —Election propaganda materials donated or
contributed by any person to a candidate shall not be printed, published or
broadcasted, or exhibited, unless they are accompanied by the written
acceptance by said candidate or party, through the party treasurer. aDSIHc

Such written acceptance of the donated election propaganda materials

must be personal to the candidate or party treasurer, and cannot be
delegated to their duly authorized representatives designated to receive
donations or contributions.
SECTION 11. Reporting Requirements to be Submitted by Mass
Media Entities, Contractors and Business Firms . — Certified true copies of all
contracts, reports and receipts, and other documents, accompanied by all its
digitization copies, shall be submitted to the CFO through electronic means
at [email protected].
Immediately after filing through email, they shall send the report,
through the fastest means available, including mail or service courier, at the
following address:
CAMPAIGN FINANCE OFFICE
3rd Floor, Shipping Center
707 A. Soriano Avenue, Intramuros, Manila.
For those outside NCR, they shall likewise furnish a copy of the report
to the Office of the Regional Election Director.
a. For Mass Media Entities: All mass media entities shall furnish the
CFO with a certified true copy of all contracts for advertising,
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 promoting or opposing any political party, partylist group or the
candidacy of any person for public office within five (5) days after
its signing. In every case, it shall be signed by the donor, the
candidate concerned or by the duly authorized representative of
the political party or partylist group.
It shall also submit a Certified true copy of the broadcast logs,
certificate of performance, affidavit of publication or other
analogous records that can be generated after broadcast or
publication, for review and verification of the frequency, date,
time and duration of advertisements aired for candidate, political
party or partylist group.
The report shall include contracts that were signed or executed
before the start of the campaign period but to be printed,
published, exhibited and broadcasted during the campaign
period.
A copy of advertising contracts with the Summary Report of
Advertising Contracts must be clear and legible and must contain
the following information:
i. the period when the political advertisement is scheduled to
be published, broadcasted, or exhibited;
ii. the date when the contract was entered into;
iii. the name and signature of the person who placed the
advertisement, regardless of whether said person is a
contributor or donor, or the duly authorized representative
of the candidate or party;
iv. the name and signature of the candidate or party who will
benefit from the advertisement as a sign of acceptance;
v. the particulars of the political advertisement (e.g., the size
of the advertisement as published on periodicals, duration
of the advertisement as published on periodicals, duration
of the advertisement in terms of airtime, frequency, number
of spots, and program or timeslot, etc.);
vi. the serial number of the official receipt issued to the
candidate by the mass media entity; and
vii. the amount or consideration paid for the advertisement
contract.
It must likewise be supported by a copy of the official receipt
issued to the contributor or donor, candidate, or representative of
political party or partylist group who paid for the advertising
contract.
b. For Contractors and Business Firms: Within thirty (30) days after
the conduct of the election, every person or firm to whom any
electoral expenditure has been made shall file a written Report of
Contractors and Business Firms using the prescribed form which
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 shall contain the following information and accompanied with the
official receipt issued to the person with whom the contractor or
business firm had transacted:
i. The full name of the candidate who incurred such
expenditures;
ii. The nature or purpose of each expenditure;
iii. The description of the goods or services provided by the
contractor or business firm;
iv. The date when the expenses were incurred;
v. The amount or cost thereof;
vi. The serial number of the official receipt, cash invoice, or
other BIR-approved document issued.
Reportorial requirements shall apply to all contractors and
business firms transacting or doing business in the Philippines,
whether or not incorporated under the Philippine laws.
Social media associates including paid digital influencers and
online content creators who use social media platforms to
promote or defeat the election of any candidate, are considered
individual contractors who are subject to reportorial requirements
under this Section.
Agencies and other intermediaries between the media outlets or
entities producing and placing online political advertisements and
the candidate, political party or partylist group shall also submit a
similar report.
The form and required contents for filing of the Report of
Contractors and Business Firms may be downloaded from the
COMELEC website.
c. For Companies Providing Internet-related Services: Within the
period provided by law, internet companies which includes social
media companies, transacting or doing business in the
Philippines, whether or not incorporated under the Philippine
laws, which a candidate or party utilize to directly reach out to
voters and mobilize support through the use of ads, paid
promoted hashtags/trends, shall provide the CFO of the
information or documents containing the following: ATICcS

i. The name of the candidate or party in the advertisement;

ii. The name of the person or advertising agency/public
relations firm who paid the advertisement;
iii. Page Name or Account Name or Handle where the
advertisement was posted, originated, or uploaded;
iv. The particulars of the political advertisement; and
v. The amount or cost of the advertisement.
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 SECTION 12. Fair and Accurate Reporting . — All members of the
news media, television, radio, print, or online, shall scrupulously report the
news, taking care not to suppress essential facts or distort the truth by
omission or improper emphasis. They shall recognize the duty to air the
other side and the duty to correct substantive errors promptly and without
prejudice to the right of said broadcast entities to air accounts of significant
news or newsworthy events and views on matters of public interest.
SECTION 13. Prohibition Against Suspension or Other Actions on the
Franchise. — No franchise or permit to operate a radio or television station
shall be granted or issued, suspended or cancelled during the election
period.
SECTION 14. COMELEC Space and Time for Announcement of
Candidates. — The COMELEC shall procure print space and airtime as
follows:
a. Print Space
The COMELEC, through the EID, shall procure print space upon
payment of just compensation from at least three (3) national
newspapers of general circulation, wherein candidates for
national office can announce their candidacies. Such space shall
be allocated free of charge equally and impartially among all
candidates for national office on three different calendar days, as
follows:

1st day Within the first week of the campaign

period

2nd day Within the fifth week of the campaign

period

3rd day Within the tenth week of the campaign

period

b. Airtime
The COMELEC shall, through the EID, also procure free airtime
from at least three (3) national and local television networks and
three (3) national and local radio networks wherein candidates for
national and local office can announce their candidacies.
Airtime shall be allocated free of charge equally and impartially to
all candidates for national office on three (3) different calendar
days, as follows:

1st day Within the first week of the campaign

period
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period

3rd day Within the tenth week of the campaign

period

Each advertisement shall be for a maximum duration of thirty

(30) seconds, or in the form of interviews or campaign speeches
at time limits to be set by the COMELEC in consultation with the
said candidates or the parties.
Costs of production for political advertisements shall be borne by
the candidate or political party, but the speeches or interviews
shall be free of charge and the moderator shall be a COMELEC
Official, or one designated by the COMELEC for the purpose.
c. E-Rallies
The COMELEC, thru the EID shall provide a platform for free
livestreaming of E-rallies of national candidates. E-rally airtime
shall be allotted to each Presidential, Vice-Presidential, and
Senatorial candidate, as well as to each Party-List Organization
participating in the 2022 National and Local Candidates.

Presidential 10 minutes 3 slots/night

Vice-Presidential 10 minutes 3 slots/ night

Senatorial 3 minutes 5 slots/night

Party-List 3 minutes 5 slots/night

Organization

Political Parties 10 minutes 3 slots/night

Live streaming of e-rallies shall be conducted every night,

beginning February 8, 2022, on the official social media channels
of the COMELEC.
At the start of the Election Period, the EID shall release a
schedule of e-rally time slots. There shall be three presidential
and three vice presidential 10-minute slots every night. In
addition, there shall be 5 senatorial 3-minute slots; and 10 PL 3-
minute slots, per night.
The slots shall be assigned at random, based on the results of
televised raffle of slots. The raffle shall take place on the 8th of
January 2022.
The e-rally livestreams shall be posted on the COMELEC's official
social media pages. During each livestream, the candidate will be
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 allowed to see live comments to his livestream. The candidate
may or may not respond to live comments.
SECTION 15. Space and Time for COMELEC Information
Dissemination. — The COMELEC shall furthermore procure print space and
air time as follows:
a. Print Space
The COMELEC shall, through the RED, or in the case of the NCR,
the EID, upon payment of just compensation, procure print space
in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation in every
province or city which shall be known as "COMELEC Space" to be
utilized exclusively for public information dissemination on
election-related concerns. In the absence of said newspaper of
general circulation, publication shall be done in any other
magazine or periodical in the province or city. ETHIDa

b. Airtime
The COMELEC shall, through the RED, or in the case of the NCR,
the EID, also procure airtime free of charge in at least one (1)
major broadcasting station or entity in every province or city
which shall be known as "COMELEC Time" to be utilized
exclusively for public information dissemination on election-
related concerns. In the absence of a major station or entity,
broadcasting shall be done in any radio or television station in
the province or city.
Each radio, television or broadcasting station chosen by the RED
or the EID shall provide sixty (60) minutes daily.
SECTION 16. National Debates. — National television and radio
networks shall sponsor at least three (3) national debates among
presidential candidates and at least one (1) national debate among vice-
presidential candidates. The debates among presidential candidates shall be
scheduled on three different calendar days:

1st Debate Within the first and second week of the

campaign period for national position

2nd Debate Within the fifth and sixth week of the campaign
period for national position

3rd Debate Within the tenth and eleventh week of the

campaign period for national position

The sponsoring television or radio network may sell airtime for

commercials and advertisements to interested advertisers and sponsors. The
COMELEC shall promulgate rules and regulations for the holding of such
debates.
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 SECTION 17. Right to Reply. — All registered parties and candidates
shall have the right to reply to charges published or aired against them. The
reply shall be given publicity by the newspaper, television, and/or radio
station which first printed or aired the charges with the same prominence or
in the same page or section, or in the same time slot as the first statement.
Registered parties and candidates may invoke the right to reply by
submitting within a non-extendible period of thirty-six (36) hours from first
broadcast or publication, a formal verified claim against the mass media
entity to the COMELEC, through the appropriate RED, or in the case of the
NCR, the EID. The claim shall include a detailed enumeration of the
circumstances and occurrences which warrant the invocation of the right of
reply and must be accompanied by supporting evidence, such as a copy of
the publication or recording of the television or radio broadcast, as the case
may be. The claimant must likewise furnish a copy of the verified claim and
its attachments to the mass media entity concerned prior to the filing of the
claim with the COMELEC.
The COMELEC, through the appropriate RED or the EID, shall review
the formal verified claim within thirty-six (36) hours from receipt thereof, and
if circumstances warrant, endorse the same to the mass media entity
involved, which shall, within twenty-four (24) hours, submit its report to the
RED or EID, as the case may be, explaining the action it has taken to address
the claim. The mass media entity must likewise furnish a copy of the said
report to the claimant invoking the right to reply. Should the claimant insist
that his/her right to reply was not addressed, he/she may file the appropriate
petition and/or complaint before the Office of the Clerk of the Commission.
SECTION 18. Rates for Political Propaganda. 4 — During the election
period, media outlets shall give registered political parties and bona fide
candidates a discounted rate for their election propaganda from the average
of the published rates charged in the last three (3) calendar years prior to
the election, as follows:
a. For television — Fifty percent (50%);
b. For radio — Forty percent (40%);
c. For print — Ten percent (10%).
In no case shall rates charged to registered political parties andbona
fide candidates be higher than rates charged to non-political advertisers.
Media outlets may give discounts higher than the above-mentioned
rates. Provided, that the discount given to one candidate shall be the same
given to other candidates for the same position.
For this purpose, media outlets shall submit on January 7, 2022 the
average published rates charged in the last three calendar years prior to this
elections.
It shall also submit a certification to the CFO that the above discounted
rates or higher discounted rates were applied in charging the political
parties, party list groups and coalitions or bona fide candidates on their
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 election propaganda.
SECTION 19. Regulation of Election Propaganda through Mass
Media. — In all instances, the COMELEC shall supervise the use and
employment of press, radio, online, and television facilities insofar as the
placement of political advertisements is concerned to ensure that
candidates are given equal opportunity under equal circumstances to make
known their qualifications and their stand on public issues within the limits
set forth in the Omnibus Election Code, the Fair Election Act, and these
Rules.
SECTION 20. Posting of Campaign Materials. — Parties and
candidates may post lawful campaign material in:
a. Authorized common poster areas in public places, subject to the
requirements and/or limitations set forth in the next following
section; and
b. Private property, provided that the posting has the consent of the
owner thereof and that the applicable provisions of Section 6
herein are complied with.
The posting of campaign materials in public places outside of the
designated common poster areas, on private property without the
consent of the owner, or in violation of Section 6 hereof, and in
those places enumerated under Section 7 (f) of these Rules and
the like, is prohibited. Persons posting the same shall be liable
together with the candidates and other persons who caused the
posting. It will be presumed that the candidates and parties
caused the posting of campaign materials outside the common
poster areas if they do not remove the same within three (3) days
from notice issued by the Election Officer of the city or
municipality where the election propaganda is posted or
displayed. (Annex "D" of COMELEC Resolution 9616, series of
2013)
Members of the PNP and other law enforcement agencies called
upon by the Election Officer or other COMELEC officials may file
the appropriate charges against the violators of this Section.
SECTION 21. Common Poster Areas . — Parties and independent
candidates may, upon authority of the COMELEC, through the City or
Municipal Election Officer concerned, construct common poster areas, at
their expense, wherein they can post, display, or exhibit their election
propaganda to announce or further their candidacy subject to the following
requirements and/or limitations:
a. A common poster area does not refer to a post, a tree, the wall of
a building or an existing public structure that is in active use, but
a structure, the location and number of which are specified
below, that is temporarily set up by the candidates for the
exclusive purpose of displaying their campaign posters;
b. In no instance shall an Election Officer designate as common
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 poster areas, any trees, plants, shrubs located along public roads,
in plazas, parks, school premises or in any other public grounds.
In cases where parties and candidates still persist in displaying,
posting, or exhibiting their campaign or election propaganda on
trees and plants, they shall be prosecuted for violation of these
Rules, without prejudice to the institution of a criminal complaint
for the violation of Republic Act No. 3571; 5
c. Each party and independent candidate, with prior consent from
the COMELEC, may put up common poster areas in every
barangay, subject to the following limitations: TIADCc

5,000 registered voters or less 1 common poster area

For every increment of 5,000 1 additional common

registered voters, or a fraction poster area
thereof, thereafter

d. Such common poster areas shall be allowed by the Election

Officer only in selected public places such as plazas, markets,
barangay centers and the like, where posters may be readily
seen or read, and with the heaviest pedestrian and/or vehicular
traffic in the city or municipality;
e. The Election Officer shall make, and post in his office, a list of the
common poster areas in each city or legislative district in said
city or municipality, indicating therein their exact locations, and
furnish each political party or candidate copies of said list at the
latter's expense, and also the Provincial Election Supervisor and
the EID Director;
f. The Election Officer shall comply with his obligations in the
immediately preceding paragraph not later than five (5) days
before the start of the campaign period and failure to do so shall
make him liable for gross neglect of duty;
g. The size of each common poster area for candidates shall not
exceed the following dimensions:
1. For political parties and party-list groups — twelve (12) by
sixteen (16) feet, or its equivalent but not exceeding a total
area of 192 square feet; and
2. For independent candidates — four (4) by six (6) feet or its
equivalent but not exceeding a total area of twenty four
(24) square feet.
h. The sizes of individual posters that may be posted in each
common poster area shall not exceed two (2) by three (3) feet.
However, in case of space limitations, posters of candidates of
political parties may be reduced to a uniform size to
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 accommodate all candidates. This regulation is also violated by
making single letters of names having the maximum size or
lesser and then putting them together to form a size exceeding
two (2) by three (3) feet;
i. The common poster areas allocated to parties and independent
candidates shall not be used by other parties and independent
candidates even with the consent of the former;
j. The common poster areas put up for party-list groups,
organizations and/or coalitions thereof shall be allocated at the
ratio of one (1) common poster area for every thirty-two (32)
party-list groups, organizations and/or coalitions thereof;
k. In case there are less than thirty-two (32) party-list groups,
organizations and/or coalitions, applying to put up common
poster areas, the Election Officer concerned shall reduce the size
of the common poster area depending on the total number of
applicants thereof, provided that each group is entitled to post
one two (2) feet by three (3) feet poster;
l. In case there are more than thirty-two (32) party-list groups,
organizations and/or coalitions applying to put up the common
poster areas, the Election Officer concerned shall determine the
appropriate number and size of common poster areas to
equitably accommodate the total number of applicants, subject to
the provisions of the immediately two (2) preceding paragraphs;
m. Parties and independent candidates shall file their applications
to construct common poster areas with the Office of the
City/Municipal Election Officer concerned within five (5) days from
the effectivity of this Resolution; otherwise they must accept the
listing prepared by the Election Officer;
n. Within five (5) days after the elections and without need of
notice, the parties and candidates who applied for the putting up
of common poster areas shall tear down the same at their own
expense and restore the site into its original condition. Non-
performance of this obligation shall be deemed a violation of the
law and regulation on the observance of common poster areas for
which the candidate or party concerned shall be liable;
o. No lawful election propaganda materials shall be allowed outside
the common poster areas except on private property with the
consent of the owner or in such other places mentioned in these
Rules and must comply with the allowable size (2ft x 3ft)
requirements for posters. Any violation hereof shall be punishable
as an election offense;
p. In all cases, the parties shall agree among themselves how their
individual posters in the common poster areas shall be placed. In
case no agreement is reached, the Election Officer concerned
shall determine said placement by drawing of lots.
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 q. The Election Officer shall act on all applications for common
poster areas within three (3) days from receipt thereof. For this
purpose, he shall determine whether the proposed common
poster area sites are public places with heavy pedestrian or
vehicular traffic, or business or commercial centers, or densely
populated areas, and equitably and impartially allocate the sites
to ensure maximum exposure of the lawful propaganda materials
of all parties and independent candidates.
r. Any party or independent candidate aggrieved by the action of
the Election Officer may appeal the same within two (2) days
from receipt of the order of said Election Officer to:
1. The Provincial Election Supervisors (PES); or
2. The Regional Election Director (RED), in the case of the
National Capital Region (NCR).
s. The Provincial Election Supervisor (PES) or Regional Election
Director (RED) concerned shall decide the appeal within two (2)
days from receipt thereof, furnishing copies of the decision to the
parties concerned and to the Law Department of the COMELEC.
The decision shall be final and executory.
SECTION 22. Establishment of Headquarters. — Every registered
political party, sectoral organization or coalition participating in the party-list
system or candidate may be allowed to establish a limited number of
headquarters subject to the following limitations:
a. A registered party with national constituency and a national
candidate may establish one (i) headquarters in each province or
highly urbanized city;
b. A registered political party with regional constituency may
establish one (1) headquarters in each province or highly
urbanized city in the region;
c. A registered political party with provincial constituency and a
provincial candidate may be allowed to establish one (1)
headquarters in each municipality;
d. Congressional candidates may be allowed to establish one (1)
headquarters in the legislative district they seek to represent.
Should their legislative district be composed of several
municipalities, they may be allowed to establish one (1)
headquarters per municipality;
e. City candidates may be allowed to establish one (i) headquarters
per councilor district; cSEDTC

f. Municipal candidates may be allowed to establish one (1)

headquarters for the entire municipality.
g. Lawful election propaganda may be displayed at headquarters
subject to the limitations provided in Sec. 7 (g) hereof.

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 SECTION 23. Submission of List of Location of Headquarters. — All
parties and candidates shall submit within five (5) days from their
establishment, the list showing the specific locations and addresses of all
their headquarters, to the following offices:
a. National parties and candidates — Law Department and EID
b. Provincial parties and candidates — Provincial Election Supervisor
c. City and Municipal parties and candidates — Election Officer
d. Parties and Candidates in the NCR — Regional Election Director
The Official of the COMELEC in paragraphs b, c, and d to whom the list
of headquarters is submitted shall furnish copies thereof to the Law
Department and the EID, within five (5) days from the receipt of the list.
SECTION 24. Headquarters Signboard. — Before the start of the
campaign period, only one (1) signboard, not exceeding three (3) feet by
eight (8) feet in size, identifying the place as the headquarters of the party
or candidates is allowed to be displayed. Parties may put up the signboard
announcing their headquarters not earlier than five (5) days before the start
of the campaign period. Individual candidates may put up the signboard
announcing their headquarters not earlier than the start of the campaign
period. Only lawful election propaganda material may be displayed or posted
therein and only during the campaign period.
SECTION 25. Prohibition on the Removal, Destruction or
Defacement of Lawful Election Propaganda. — During the campaign period, it
is unlawful for any person to remove, destroy, take down or, in any manner,
deface or tamper with, or prevent the distribution of any lawful election
propaganda enumerated in Section 6 hereof.
SECTION 26. Removal, Confiscation, or Destruction of Prohibited
Propaganda Materials. — Any prohibited form of election propaganda shall
be stopped, confiscated, removed, destroyed, or torn down by COMELEC
representatives, at the expense of the candidate or political party for whose
apparent benefit the prohibited election propaganda materials have been
produced, displayed, and disseminated.
Any person, party, association, government agency may likewise report
to the COMELEC any prohibited form of election propaganda for confiscation,
removal, destruction and/or prevention of the distribution of any propaganda
material on the ground that the same is illegal, as listed under Section 7 of
this Resolution.
The COMELEC may, motu proprio, immediately order the removal,
destruction and/or confiscation of any prohibited propaganda material, or
those materials which contain statements or representations that are illegal.
SECTION 27. Creation of Task Force to Tear Down and Remove
Unlawful Election Materials. — There is hereby created a task force in each
city and municipality, to tear down and remove all unlawful election
materials composed of the Election Officer as Chairman, the Chief of Police
of the Philippine National Police (PNP) as Vice Chairman, and a
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 representative from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) as Member.
For NCR, a representative from the Metropolitan Manila Development
Authority (MMDA) shall also be designated as Member. The Chairman of the
Task Force may include other agencies or organizations deputized by the
COMELEC in the Task Force.
The Task Force shall have the following duties and functions:
a. To tear down and remove campaign propaganda materials
posted in public places outside the common poster areas;
b. To tear down and remove all prohibited forms of campaign
materials wherever posted or displayed;
c. To monitor and watch out for persons posting or distributing said
unlawful election paraphernalia; and
d. To submit a report of said activities to the Office of the Regional
Election Director (ORED).
SECTION 28. Removal, Confiscation, or Destruction of Prohibited
Propaganda Materials. — Any prohibited form of election propaganda shall
be summarily stopped, confiscated, removed, destroyed, or torn down by
COMELEC representatives, at the expense of the candidate or political party
for whose apparent benefit the prohibited election propaganda materials
have been produced, displayed, and disseminated.
The Election Officer shall immediately prepare a notice to candidate or
party of their violation on this section. Failure to remove the same within
seventy-two (72) hours from notice, such candidate or party is presumed to
be the owner or the person who causes such violation.
Any person, party, association, government agency may file with the
COMELEC, through its field office, a petition to confiscate, remove, destroy
and/or stop the distribution of any propaganda material on the ground that
the same is offensive to public morals, libelous, illegal, or subversive.
The COMELEC, after summary hearing shall resolve the petition within
three (3) days from the time it is submitted for decision. Where the parties
concerned cannot be contacted or are unknown or refuse to appear at the
hearing, the COMELEC may decide the petition ex parte.
The COMELEC, may motu proprio, immediately order the removal,
destruction and/or confiscation of any prohibited.
SECTION 29. Removal of Prohibited Propaganda Materials Before
the Start of the Campaign Period . — All prohibited forms of election
propaganda as described in Section 7 of these Rules shall be immediately
removed, or caused to be removed, by said candidate or party before the
start of the campaign period.
The prohibited forms of propaganda contemplated in this Section
include any names, images, logos, brands, insignias, initials, and other forms
of identifiable graphical representations placed by incumbent officials on any
public structures or places as enumerated in Section 7 (g) of these Rules.
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 SECTION 30. Election Surveys. — During the election period, any
person, whether natural or juridical, candidate or organization may conduct
an election survey. Should they decide to publish the said survey for public
consumption, they must likewise publish the following information:
a. The name of the person, candidate, party or organization that
commissioned, paid for, or subscribed to the survey;
b. The name of the person, polling firm or survey organization who
conducted the survey;
c. The period during which the survey was conducted, the
methodology used, including the number of individual
respondents and the areas from which they were selected, and
the specific questions asked;
d. The margin of error of the survey;
e. For each question where the margin of error is greater than that
reported under paragraph d, the margin of error for that
question; and
f. A mailing address and telephone number at which the sponsor
can be contacted to obtain a written report regarding the survey
in accordance with the next succeeding paragraph. AIDSTE

The survey together with the raw data gathered to support its
conclusions shall be available for inspection, copying and verification by the
COMELEC. Any violation of this Section shall constitute an election offense.
SECTION 31. Exit Polls . — Exit polls may only be taken subject to
the following requirements:
a. Pollster shall not conduct their surveys within thirty (30) meters
from the voting center;
b. Pollsters shall wear distinctive clothing and prominently wear
their identification cards issued by the organization they
represent;
c. Pollsters shall inform the voters that they may refuse to answer;
and
d. The results of the exit polls may be announced after the closing
of the polls on election day, and must identify the total number of
respondents, and the places where they were taken. Said
announcement shall state that the same is unofficial and does not
represent a trend;
e. Both the pollster and the voter asked shall wear face mask and
face shield during the entire interview;
f. The polls shall be conducted without the pollster and the voter
touching each other;
g. Pollster must ask only short and necessary questions strictly
observing at least one meter physical distancing;
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 h. Polls shall be done in strict observance of proper respiratory
(sneeze and cough) etiquette;
i. Voter shall go immediately leave the place after the conduct of
the exit polls;
j. The conduct of the exit polls shall not block the ingress to and
egress from the voting center of other voters or cause any traffic
of either car or people or crowding of people; and
k. Both pollster and voter shall strictly observe the minimum public
health standards and protocols based on the level of quarantine
status prevailing in the geographical area concerned at the time
of the conduct of the exit polls.
SECTION 32. Application for Permit to Hold Public Meetings, Rallies
or Other Political Activities . — All applications for permits to hold public
meetings, rallies and other similar political activities shall be filed with the
authorized city or municipal official who shall acknowledge receipt thereof in
writing. Immediately after its filing, the application shall be posted in a
conspicuous place in the city hall or municipal building.
The official before whom the application is filed shall submit to the
Election Officer concerned on the first working day of each week the list of
applications, if any, filed during the previous week and the action taken
thereon.
SECTION 33. Action on Application for Permit. — Within three (3)
days after the filing of an application for permit to hold public meetings,
rallies or other political activities, the local authority concerned shall act in
writing on said application. Any application not acted upon within three (3)
days from the date of its filing shall be deemed approved.
In acting on the application, the approving official shall give all
candidates and parties equal and fair opportunity as to date, time and place,
to hold public political meetings or rallies. In the last week of the campaign
period, all independent candidates and parties shall be entitled to hold at
least one public meeting or rally, in the public plaza or place where public
political meetings or rallies are usually held.
An application for permit shall be denied only on the ground that a
prior written application by another candidate or party has been approved.
Denial of any application may be appealed to the Provincial Election
Supervisor or to the Regional Election Director, for cases in the National
Capital Region, who shall decide the same within forty-eight (48) hours after
the filing of the appeal, and shall give notice of the decision to the parties.
The decision shall be final and executory.
SECTION 34. Affidavit of Compliance with Health Protocols. — Within
24 hours after the conclusion of any in-person campaign activity, the
campaign organizing staff shall submit a notarized Affidavit of Compliance
with Health Protocols to the COMELEC with territorial jurisdiction over the
place where the in-person campaign activity was conducted.

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 Failure to submit an Affidavit of Compliance with Health Protocols shall
constitute non-cooperation of the person or entities punishable under
Section 9 par. (d) or (e), as the case may be, of Republic Act No. 11332,
otherwise known as the Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and
Health Events of Public Health Concern Act, and its Implementing Rules and
Regulations. (As introduced by Paragraph C of IATF Resolution No. 106-B,
March 28, 2021)
SECTION 35. Prohibited Acts during Public Meetings. — It is unlawful
for any candidate, party or any person to give or accept, free of charge,
directly or indirectly, transportation, food and drinks, or anything of value
during and within the five (5) hours before and after a public meeting, or to
give or contribute, directly or indirectly, money or things of value for such
purpose.
It shall likewise be unlawful for any candidate, party, or any person to
act in a manner that violate the minimum health and safety protocols, and
other applicable guidelines prescribed by the COMELEC and the Inter-Agency
Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases.
SECTION 36. E-rallies and Livestreams Allowed. — Any political
party or any candidate, individually or jointly with other aspirants, may hold
peaceful online political meetings, rallies or other similar activities during the
campaign period. Such online political meetings, rallies, and similar activities
are not covered by the limitations on broadcast advertising.
Live streaming on the candidates' social media platforms shall be
considered a form of e-rally, subject to the following rules:
a. All e-rallies shall include a disclosure that identifies it as a
political meeting or rally, confirms compliance with minimum
health protocols, and providing the relevant date, time, and
location information. For this purpose, a live stream on the
candidate's social media platforms shall be considered a political
meeting or rally.
b. Recordings of e-rallies shall be submitted to the Education and
Information Department of the COMELEC within 72 hours from
the airing of the same.
c. Candidates may receive in-platform gifts and game currency but
shall not be allowed to give gifts to livestream audiences, nor to
run promotions and campaigns that will award in-platform gifts or
game currency to platform users and livestream audiences. SDAaTC

SECTION 37. Mass Media Columnist, Announcer or Personality

Running for Public Office or is a Campaign Volunteer . — Any mass media
columnist, commentator, announcer, or reporter who is a candidate for any
elective public office, a party-list nominee, or is a campaign volunteer for or
employed or retained in any capacity by any candidate or party shall be
deemed resigned, if so required by their employer, or shall take a leave of
absence from his/her work as such during the campaign period; Provided,
that after he/she has filed his certificate of candidacy but before the
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 campaign period, it shall be his/her obligation not to use his media work for
premature election campaign or partisan political activity: Provided, finally,
that any media practitioner who, while not himself a candidate, is an official
of a political party or a member of the campaign staff of a candidate or party
shall not use his/her time or space to favor any candidate or party.
SECTION 38. Deputation. — The COMELEC hereby deputizes the
Philippine Information Agency (PIA) and enlist the assistance of Kapisanan
ng mga Brodkasters ng Pilipinas (KBP), to assist the Commission, in
coordination with the EID, in the dissemination of these Rules.
The COMELEC hereby deputizes local government units (LGUs), the
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the Department of Public Works
and Highways (DPWH) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
(MMDA) to assist the Commission in removing and tearing down of unlawful
election propaganda materials without any partiality and to provide facilities
and/or equipment necessary in tearing down of illegal propaganda materials
and perform such other duties and functions as the Commission may
prescribe from time to time.
SECTION 39. Applicability to Filipino Overseas Voting. — This
Resolution shall apply in a suppletory character wherever applicable to all
resolutions on campaigning abroad under Republic Act No. 9189, 6 as
amended by Republic Act 10590. 7 The rules on campaigning for abroad
shall be issued separately.
SECTION 40. COVID-19 Preventive Measures, Health and Safety
Protocols. — The following measures and those issued pursuant to the
guidelines published by the National Government, DOH, IATF-EID/MEID and
Local Government Unit concerned, shall be observed at all times in all
activities covered by this Resolution, including, but not limited to:
1. Wearing of face mask and face shield;
2. One-meter physical distancing;
3. Frequent disinfection of hands; and
4. Proper cough and sneezing etiquette.
SECTION 41. Election Offense. — Any violation of Fair Elections Act
and these Rules shall constitute an election offense punishable under the
first and second paragraph of Section 264 of the Omnibus Election Code and
other pertinent laws, rules and regulations, whenever applicable. The
Commission shall, through its duly authorized legal officers, have the power,
concurrent with other prosecuting arms of the government, to conduct
preliminary investigation of all election offenses and prosecute the same.
SECTION 42. Effectivity. — This Resolution shall take effect on the
seventh (7th) day after its publication in two (2) daily newspapers of general
circulation in the Philippines. This Resolution supersedes all previous
resolutions inconsistent herewith.
SECTION 43. Publication and Dissemination. — The Education and
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 Information Department shall cause the publication of this Resolution in at
least two (2) daily newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines, post
the resolution in the COMELEC website, and furnish copies thereof to all field
offices of the COMELEC.
SO ORDERED.

SHERIFF M. ABAS
Chairman

MA. ROWENA AMELIA V. GUANZON

Commissioner

SOCORRO B. INTING
Commissioner

MARLON S. CASQUEJO
Commissioner

ANTONIO T. KHO, JR.

Commissioner

AIMEE P. FEROLINO
Commissioner
CERTIFICATION
APPROVED by the Commission En Banc during its regular online meeting
o n November 17, 2021 , pursuant to COMELEC Resolution No. 10671,
"Supplemental Resolution No. 9936 promulgated March 25, 2015, Rule on the
Enactment and Promulgation of Executive or Administrative Resolutions providing
for other format of meetings to include online meetings applicable in times of the
COVID-19 pandemic and the imposition of Community Quarantines and similar
emergency situations." AaCTcI

(SGD.) ATTY. CONSUELO B. DIOLA

Acting COMELEC Secretary

Footnotes
1. An Act Providing for Synchronized National and Local Elections and for Electoral
Reforms, Authorizing Appropriations Therefor, and for Other Purposes
[Synchronized Election Law], Republic Act 7166 (1991).
2. An Act Introducing Additional Reforms in the Electoral System and for other
Purposes [The Electoral Reforms Law of 1987], Republic Act 6646 (1987).
3. Supra at note 1.
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 4. Commission on Elections, COMELEC Resolution No. 10517, Rules and
Regulations Implementing the Fair Election Act in Relation to the May 11,
2019 Elections and Subsequent Elections, Republic Act No. 9006, (2019). See
also Republic Act No. 11207.
5. An Act to Prohibit the Cutting, Destroying or Injuring of Planted or Growing Trees,
Flowering Plants and Shrubs or Plants of Scenic Value Along Public Roads, in
Plazas, Parks, School Premises or in Any Other Public Pleasure Ground,
Republic Act 3571 (1963).
6. An Act Providing for a System of Overseas Absentee Voting by Qualified Citizens
of the Philippines Abroad, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other
Purposes [The Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003], Republic Act 9189
(2003) (as amended).
7. Id.

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