University of Cebu

School of Law
Election Law: Casting and Counting of Votes Quiz

Instructions: Answer the following questions to the best of your knowledge. Write your letter of choice
on the space before each number. The quiz will be answered within 10 minutes. Erasures are
discouraged.

__1. How are the rules in the appreciation of the ballots construed?

A. Strictly
B. Liberally
C. All of the above
D. None of the above

__2. Where only the first name of a candidate is written on the ballot, which when read, has a sound
similar to the surname of another candidate, the vote shall be counted in favor of?

A. To a candidate who is an incumbent

B. The vote shall be considered as stray
C. To a candidate with such surname
D. None of the above

__3. Where will the board of election inspectors place those considered as marked or excess ballots?

A. Place them in an envelope which shall be marked or labelled "excess ballots" or "marked ballots"
B. In the trash can
C. In the compartment where the spoiled ballots are also placed
D. None of the above

__4. Which is the correct appreciation of a ballot where it appears to have been filled by two distinct
persons?

A. Valid; as to those written legibly.

B. Stray; as to those written differently.
C. Null and void, totally.
D. None of the above.

__5. Which is the correct appreciation of a ballot containing the following:

Punong Barangay:
1. Mario

-Where candidates to such office are named: Mario Aguilar and Telesporo Naryo-

A. For Mario Aguilar, under the rule that no other candidate has the same name.
B. For Mario Aguilar, under the rule that “intention is manifest”.
C. For Telesporo Naryo, under the idem sonans rule.
D. For Telesporo Naryo, under the rule when a the first name is read, it has a sound similar to the
surname of another candidate.

__6. Who will issue a certificate of the number of votes polled by the candidates for an office to the
watchers?

A. Board of Election Inspectors

B. COMELEC
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above

__7. Where should the voting records be delivered for its preservation?

A. City and municipal district treasurer

B. Election registrar
C. Provincial election supervisor
D. None of the above

__8. Which of the following statement is TRUE.

A. Admission of the challenged voter shall be conclusive upon any court

B. No person other than the chairman shall deliver official ballots nor shall more than one ballot be
delivered at one time.
C. The person assisting shall not bind himself in a formal document under oath to fill out the ballot
strictly in accordance with the instructions of the voter
D. Letters b and c

__9. When will the casting of votes start?

A. It shall start 8 o’clock in the morning and end 5 o’clock in the afternoon
B. It shall start 7 o’clock in the morning and end 3 o’clock in the afternoon
C. It shall start anytime the poll watchers and are available
D. None of the above

__10. During voting, no persons shall be allowed inside the polling precinct except:

A. Parents and Guardians

B. Voters done casting their votes
C. Representatives of the commission
D. All of the above