Cam-PAIN rules.War has rules. Mud wrestling has rules. But political campaigns?

Start of National Campaign Period

Start of Local Campaign Period

Last Day for Campaigning

Before the start of the

campaign pd., all

propaganda must be taken

down; ELSE presumption

that the materials were

erected during the

campaign pd., and are in

violation of the rules.

No-Campaign Days:

Maundy Thursday

Good Friday

Eve of Elections

Election Day

Printed materials such as

leaflets, that are larger

than legal-sized

bondpaper, i.e., eight and

one-half inches (8 ½”) in

width and fourteen

inches (14”) in length;

Posters made of cloth,

paper, cardboard or any

other material, whether

framed or posted,

measuring more than two

feet (2’) by three feet (3’);

The absence of the words “political advertisement paid for,”

followed by the true and correct name and address of the

candidate or party for whose benefit the election

propaganda was printed or aired; and “political

advertisements paid by,” followed by the true and correct

name and address of the payor

The posting, display

or exhibition of any

election campaign

or propaganda

material outside of

authorized common

poster areas, in

public places, or on

private properties

without the owner’s

consent.

“PUBLIC PLACES” includes:

electronic announcement boards,

LCD TV displays posted on walls of public

buildings;

motor vehicles used as patrol cars,

ambulances, and other similar purposes

that are owned by government, particularly

those bearing red license plates;

waiting sheds, sidewalks, street and lamp

posts, electric posts and wires, traffic

signages and other signboards erected on

public property,

pedestrian overpasses and underpasses,

flyovers and underpasses, bridges, main

thoroughfares,

center islands of roads and highways;

schools, shrines, barangay halls, health

centers, public structures and buildings or

any edifice thereof;

public utility vehicles such as buses,

jeepneys, trains, taxi cabs, ferries, pedicabs

and tricycles; and within the premises of

public transport terminals

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