CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE

ELECTION PERIOD
(January 10, 2016 to June 8, 2016)
FROM

TO

ACTIVITY

MARCH 2016
March 7 (Monday)
March 10 (Thursday)

March 11 (Friday

March 24
(Thursday)

March 12 (Saturday)
March 25 (Friday)

April 9
(Saturday)

March 25 (Friday)

May 7
(Saturday)

March 25 (Friday)

Last day to file application to avail of local

absentee voting
Last day for the Committee on Local
Absentee Voting (CLAV) to receive
application forms for local absentee voting
Issuance or sending of notices of inspection
and verification of completeness of the
precinct book of voters
GPC LEGAL TEAMS NATIONAL
CONVENTION
Inspection, verification and sealing of the
precinct book of voters
Campaign period for candidates for Member
of House of Representatives, and elective
regional, provincial, city, municipal officials
Last day to post notice of the date, time and
place of testing and sealing of Optical Mark
Readers (OMR)/ Vote Counting Machines
(VCM) for overseas voting
Last day to notify the Special Board of
Election Inspectors concerned of the date,
time, and place of the testing and sealing of
OMR/VCM for overseas voting

APRIL 2016
April 9 (Saturday)
April 9 (Saturday)
April 15 (Friday)
April 15 (Friday)

April 21 (Thursday)

Last day to furnish every registered voter with

a Voters Information Sheet
Casting of votes by overseas voters
Last day to verify whether the applicant for
local absentee voting is eligible to vote as
local absentee voter
Last day to prepare list of qualified local
absentee voters
Last day for CLAV to send list of qualified
local absentee voters, local absentee ballots
and other election paraphernalia to all
concerned heads of offices
Constitution of Special Board of Election
Inspectors (SBEI) for local absentee voting

Last day to post notice of the date, time and

place of testing and sealing of OMR/VCM
Last day to notify the BEI concerned of the
date, time and place of the testing and sealing
of the OMR/VCM

April 22 (Friday)

April 27
(Wednesday)

April 29 (Friday)

Voting by local absentee voters

Constitution of the Special Board of
Canvassers (SBOC) for local absentee voting

April 30 (Saturday)

MAY 2016
May 2 (Monday)
May 6 (Friday)
May 8 (Sunday)

May 9 (Monday)

May 9 (Monday)

May 13 (Friday)

May 13 (Friday)

May 15
(Sunday)

Testing and sealing of the OMR or VCM

EVE OF ELECTION DAY
ELECTION DAY
Casting of votes and, thereafter counting and
consolidation of votes
Convening of the Municipal/City/District,
Provincial and Regional Boards of
Canvassers, National Board of Canvassers
(NBOC) for Senators and Party-List Election,
and thereafter, consolidation and canvassing
of votes (5:00 PM)
Last day for CLAV to receive envelopes
containing the local absentee ballots (Up to
7:00 PM)
Start of counting of local absentee votes
(From 7:00 PM until finished)
Convening of the SBOC for local absentee
voting (7:00 PM)
Count precinct results and proclaim winning
city/municipal elective officials
Period within which the Election Officers (EO)
shall advise in writing, by personal delivery or
registered mail, all candidates residing in his
jurisdiction to comply with their obligation to
file their Sworn Statements of Election
Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE)
Canvass results and proclaim winners for
senatorial, congressional, party-list, regional
and provincial elections

JUNE 2016
June 8 (Wednesday)

Last day to file SOCE