Committee on printing and distribution of official ballots and election returns.
Section 32
SEC. 32. Committee on printing and distribution of official ballots and election returns.—The Commission shall appoint a committee of five members, two of whom shall be from among its personnel, the third to be designated by the Commission on Audit, and the last two to be designated by the political parties entitled to appoint inspectors pursuant to Presidential Decree Nos. 1896 and 1898, to act as its representatives in supervising the printing of official ballots and election returns. Upon the request of any candidate, political party or coalition of political parties, or of civic, religious, professional, business, service, youth, or any similar organizations collectively designated by the Commission, the latter shall allow any person designated by any of the former as watcher to observe the proceedings of the committee on the printing of official ballots and election returns, file objections, if any, witness the printing of the ballots and the returns and guard the premises of the printer. The ballots and election returns shall be printed by the Government Printing Office, but should the Government Printing Office not have the necessary facilities and materials and if for lack of time it cannot meet the requirements of the Commission, the Commission may engage the service of a reputable printer after hearing following due notice to registered political parties, coalition of political parties and such organizations as are allowed watchers in the printing and distribution of ballots and election returns. In no case shall the Government Printing Office subcontract the printing of the ballots and the election returns.