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A) The applicant shall personally appear before the Election Officer and present any of the following identification documents which bears applicant's photograph and signature:

In the absence of any of the above mentioned identification documents, the applicant may be identified under oath by:

• a) any registered voter of the precinct, or
• b) any of his relatives within the fourth civil degree of consanguinity or affinity.

Note :

• Community tax certification (cedula) or certification/identification cards issued by barangay officials shall not be honored.
• If applicant fails to establish his identity by any aforementioned methods, he shall not be issued an application form.

B) The EO shall verify whether or not the address given by the applicant is located within the territorial boundary of any of the precincts within the jurisdiction of the city/municipality.

If the applicant is not a resident, the EO shall instruct the applicant to proceed to the Office of the Election Officer of the city/municipality where the applicant resides.

If the applicant resides within the territorial jurisdiction of the city/municipality, the EO shall:

• Inform the applicant of the qualifications and disqualifications for registration.
• Determine the precinct where the applicant belongs by referring to the precinct map.
• Indicate the precinct assignment of the applicant at the upper right hand portion of the application form.
• Issue the prescribed application form in three (3) copies.

C) Upon receipt of the application forms, the applicant shall personally accomplish the same separately in his own handwriting and submit the accomplished application forms to the EO. TITLES SUCH AS DATU, SULTAN, HADJI, BAI, DOCTOR, CHAIRMAN, ENGINEER, AND OTHER TITLES SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED.

D) The EO shall ensure that the application has been filled up correctly, completely and legibly; write down the Application Form Number; return the forms to the applicant and direct the applicant to the Data Capture Machine (DMC) Operator concerned.

E) The DCM operator shall proceed to capture the complete demographic and biometric data of the applicant, after which the EO shall:

• administer the oath,
• affix his signature in the appropriate space of the form,
• retain the three (3) copies,
• cut the bottom portion of one copy of the application forms and give it to the applicant to serve as Acknowledgment Receipt and proof of filing of his application.

The application form of an applicant who fails to submit himself for the live capture of his biometric data shall not be accepted and deemed not filed.

When an applicant has already accomplished an application for registration and submitted the same to the EO, the application shall be subjected to a hearing held quarterly or every three (3) months by the Election Registration Board (ERB) composed of three (3) members, the election officer as chairman, senior public school official and local civil registrar, or in his/her absence, the city or municipal treasurer, as members.

The ERB, through the EO shall set the hearing of applications for registration. At least one (1) week before the hearing, no
tice thereof shall be posted in the bulletin board of the city/municipal hall and the Office of the Election Officers.

The EO shall notify the applicant of the date of the hearing and whether or not there is an objection to his/her application.

If the application for registration has been disapproved, one may file a sworn petition for inclusion with the proper Municipal or Metropolitan Trial Court, attaching thereto the certificate of disapproval of applicant's application and proof of service of notice of his/her petition to the ERB.

After the court has issued an order for inclusion, the ERB through the EO shall reactivate the application for registration previously disapproved by entering therein the order of inclusion and placing the said application in the corresponding precinct book of voters.