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BP 881 Section 203

BP 881 Section 203

Minutes of voting and counting of votes.

Section 203

SECTION 203. Minutes of voting and counting of votes. – The board of election inspectors shall prepare and sign a statement in four copies setting forth the following: The time the voting commenced and ended; The serial numbers of the official ballots and election returns, special envelopes and seals received; The number of official ballots used and the number left unused; The number of voters who cast their votes; The number of voters challenged during the voting; The names of the watchers present; The time the counting of votes commenced and ended; The number of official ballots found inside the compartment for valid ballots; The number of valid ballots, if any, retrieved from the compartment for spoiled ballots; The number of ballots, if any, found folded together; The number of spoiled ballots withdrawn from the compartment for valid ballots; The number of excess ballots; The number of marked ballots; The number of ballots read and counted; The time the election returns were signed and sealed in their respective special envelopes; The number and nature of protests made by watchers; and Such other matters that the Commission may require. Copies of this statement after being duly accomplished shall be sealed in separate envelopes and shall be distributed as follows: (a) the original to the city or municipal election registrar; (b) the second copy to be deposited inside the compartment for valid ballots of the ballot box; and (c) the third and fourth copies to the representatives of the accredited political parties. (Sec. 148, 1978 EC)

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CitationBP 881 Section 203 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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