ELECTION LAWS and PARTY LIST SYSTEM
  • Title/Date Filed: House Bill No. 853
    An Act Amending Section 99 And Section 262 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, As Amended, Otherwise Known As The Omnibus Election Code, And For Other Purposes
    (Filed July 09, 2001)
    Status: For committee consideration
    Main Features:
    - This bill seeks to include persons making the contributions, apart from the concerned candidates and political parties, in the decriminalization of certain acts in connection with the contributions to and expenditures by candidates and political parties

  • Title/Date Filed: House Bill No. 1608
    An Act Providing For A System Of Absentee Voting And Registration For Qualified Filipinos Abroad, And Appropriating Funds Therefor
    (Filed July 30, 2001))
    Status: Republic Act No. 9189 (February 13, 2003)
    Main Features:
    -     To enable Filipinos living or working abroad to exercise their right of suffrage, this bill provides for Absentee voting and registration in accordance with existing election laws concerning qualifications of voters
    - Significant guidelines such as on the notice of election, on the application to avail of absentee voting, on the campaign of parties and candidates, balloting procedures and other regular election guidelines applicable to absentee voters are likewise set forth in this bill

  • Title/Date Filed: House Bill No. 1091
    An Act Rationalizing The Party-List System Of Representation In The House Of Representatives, Amending For The Purpose Section 5 And Section 10 Of Republic Act No. 7941, Otherwise Known as the Party List System Act
    (Filed July 17, 2001)
    Status: For Initial Committee Deliberation
    Main Features:
    -     To ensure that Party-list organizations represent the greater part of their constituents, proof that a political party's constituent is spread over the geographical territory or at least majority of the regions and proof that a sectoral party or coalition represents the interest of at least three hundred thousand (300,000) Filipino citizens belonging to that sector, are additionally required


  • Title/Date Filed: House Bill No. 5538
    An Act Amending Republic Act No. 7941 Entitled, "An Act Providing For The Election Of Party-List Representatives Through The Party-List System, And Appropriating Funds Therefore" By Modifying Several Provisions To Particularize OFWs And Other Filipino Overseas Organizations
    (Filed December 09, 2002)
    Status: For 1st hearing
    Main Features:
    -     Several provisions of the Party-List Act which apparently cause difficulties for OFWs and overseas-based organizations to obtain representation in the House of Representatives are modified in light of the "Absentee Voting Act" to admit them wider latitude in the registration of national, regional and sectoral party, organizations and coalitions, qualifications of party-list nominees and number seats for party-list representatives

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