Prepare your list of who to vote for. You are allowed to bring a list but you cannot bring campaign materials. REMEMBER: you get only one ballot and one chance to vote.

Approach the Board of Elections Inspectors (BEI) Chairperson to get your ballot, ballot secrecy folder, and marking pen.

Ballots are divided by positions up for election. You cannot vote for more candidates than what is listed beside each position as this can invalidate your vote. You can vote UNDER or ABSTAIN from choosing the maximum number of candidates.

After filling out your ballot, keep it inside the ballot secrecy folder, bring this to the Vote Counting Machines (VCMs), and insert it into the machine. Wait for the machine to process your ballot. Once this is done, a poll clerk will mark your finger with indelible ink and will give your voting receipt for review.

If the receipt does not match who you voted for, bring it to the BEI to register your complaint. This will be put on record.

If the receipt matches who you voted for, drop it in the voting receipt box once done. You cannot leave the precinct with your voting receipt.

Keep in mind the minimum health protocol that we need to follow since we are still experiencing the pandemic. Always wear your masks properly. Follow proper social distancing. Do not forget to bring your alcohol always.

Precincts will be open from 6AM to 6PM. Voters are advised to come to the polling areas early. Each precinct may serve up to 1000 voters.

Active registered voters, meaning newly-registered voters and existing voters who were able to cast their ballots in the last two elections, will be allowed to vote.

Note: A voter’s registration is deactivated when he or she fails to vote in two (2) “successive preceding regular elections.”

Check the Comelec website’s Precinct Finder. The Comelec also encourages registered voters to confirm their status and precincts with their respective local offices.

Each precinct/cluster precinct has an Electoral Board (EB) in charge of facilitating the election day proceedings.

Yes, cellular phones are allowed inside the voting area, but voters are not allowed to use them at any time. Sample ballots distributed by campaigners, however, are not allowed.

Yes. To save time, voters are encouraged to bring a sheet of paper with a list of their selected candidates.

You may ask for assistance from the desks of the accredited citizen’s arm of the Comelec in the elections.(e.g. PPRCV)

No, a voter’s ID is not required. You may present any valid ID such as a passport, driver’s license, or any other government-issued ID (SSS, GSIS, PhilHealth, Postal ID). For students, a valid school ID will do.

The list of voters with the EB will have photos and other details derived from the biometrics record.

 If you come to your precinct without an ID and you still do not have biometric information with Comelec, a fellow registered voter in that precinct — or even a member of the EB — can vouch for you. This will be put on the record, so your name as a voter will have that annotation that you were identified by another registered voter in the precinct.

On the national level, you are allowed to vote (1) president, (1) vice-president, up to (12) senatorial candidates and one (1) party-list group.

For the local positions in cities/municipalities, you may choose one (1) representative/congressman, one (1) mayor, (1) vice mayor, and the allotted number of councilors.

For those in the provinces, you will also get to vote for a governor, a vice governor, and provincial board members.

Before you start shading the ballot, review the number of candidates you may vote for in each position, which will be indicated in the ballot.

Note: You can vote for fewer candidates, e.g. six instead of 12 senators, or just three instead of 10 councilors, or leave a section blank if you do not wish to vote for any of the candidates for a particular position.

However, you cannot “overvote” or shade more circles than the required number for one position e.g. 14 senators or 12 councilors or two mayors; if you do this, the VCM machine will automatically consider your vote null and void.

It is encouraged that you fill the circles completely for the VCM to read it better. Check or X marks, dots, or lines will not be read by the machine.

No. Only one ballot is allowed for each voter.

Any unnecessary marks made on the ballot, especially on the barcode, will make the ballot invalid. None of the votes will be read by the VCM

No. As Comelec rules state, it is “unlawful” for candidates to campaign both on the eve of election day and on the day itself. Be wary of people handing out sample ballots, food, or even those offering free rides to and from the precinct.

Electoral Boards may give assistance to PWDs, senior citizens, and illiterate voters. Relatives of persons with disabilities are also allowed to aid them in voting.

To save time, you may have your list of candidates prepared.

Come early to avoid crowds. Precincts open at 6:00 AM and closes at 6:00 PM.

Before voting, double check your ballots, it should be new and unmarked.

Shade properly and keep your ballots pristine. You can only have one ballot.

No one may see your ballot and voting receipt. Do not take a picture of them.

Accessible polling places should be located on the ground floor, preferably near the entrance of the building, and free from any physical barriers.

Assistive devices such as wheelchairs for the handicapped and headphones for the visually impaired are provided in the precinct.

In voting centers where voters with visual, speech, and hearing impairment are registered, there should be sign language interpreters or lists of candidates transcribed in Braille.

PWDs, senior citizens, detainees, and pregnant women are allowed to use express lanes.

In remote areas where Indigenous Peoples are, they may also choose to use express lanes.

PWDs, and senior citizens must inform the COMELEC office in their localities to avail the Accessible Polling Places (APP) before the election day.

If an APP is not established in the building or voting center, a makeshift or temporary polling place “shall be built inside or in close proximity to the voting center,” as per Comelec Resolution No. 10486.