Electoral-Management-Reference-Model-v.1.0

6.0 POLITICAL ENTITIES ................................................................................................ 71
6.1 Overall Objectives for Political Entities Business Area ................................................. 71
6.2 Political Entities Business Area Background ................................................................. 72
6.2.1 What are political entities? ...................................................................................... 72
6.2.2 Why register political entities? ............................................................................... 72
6.2.3 Descriptions of political entities ............................................................................. 73
6.2.3.1 Political parties .................................................................................................. 73
6.2.3.2 ED associations ................................................................................................. 73
6.2.3.3 Leadership contestants ...................................................................................... 74
6.2.3.4 Candidates ......................................................................................................... 75
6.2.3.5 Third-party advertisers ...................................................................................... 76
6.2.3.6 Proponents and opponents ................................................................................ 77
6.2.4 Fairness in application of registration and deregistration rules .............................. 78
6.2.5 Political Entities data elements .............................................................................. 78
6.3 Political Entities Business Area – Inputs, Business Processes, and Outputs ................. 78
6.3.1 Inputs to Political Entities business processes ...................................................... 78
6.3.1.1 Requests to register or deregister from political entities .................................. 78
6.3.1.2 Updates to existing registrations from registered political entities ................... 78
6.3.1.3 Candidate endorsements from registered political parties ................................ 79
6.3.1.4 Appeals and requests for extensions from political entities .............................. 79
6.3.1.5 Complaints and allegations from the public ..................................................... 79
6.3.1.6 Electoral district boundary changes from independent commissions or
government ....................................................................................................... 79
6.3.1.7 List of entities failing to file and disqualified candidates from Election
Finance ............................................................................................................. 79
6.3.2 Business processes in Political Entities ................................................................. 79
6.3.2.1 Registration and Deregistration of Political Parties .......................................... 80
6.3.2.2 Registration and Deregistration of Electoral District Associations .................. 82
6.3.2.3 Registration of Candidates ................................................................................ 84
6.3.2.4 Registration of Leadership Contestants ............................................................ 87
6.3.2.5 Registration and Deregistration of Third-Party Advertising Sponsors ............. 88
6.3.2.6 Registration of Proponents and Opponents ....................................................... 90
6.3.2.7 Compliance and Enforcement ........................................................................... 92
6.3.3 Outputs of Political Entities business processes .................................................... 93
6.3.3.1 Registered political entities and their agents .................................................... 93
6.3.3.2 Deregistered or suspended political entities ..................................................... 93
6.3.3.3 Withdrawn candidates ....................................................................................... 93
6.3.3.4 Gazette and website notices .............................................................................. 93
6.3.3.5 Notifications of denial or granting of appeals to political entities .................... 94
6.3.3.6 Evidence for compliance and enforcement ....................................................... 94
6.3.3.7 Referrals to outside investigators ...................................................................... 94
6.3.3.8 Lists of candidates and ballot names for Events .............................................. 94
6.3.3.9 Candidate nomination deposits for Election Finance ...................................... 94
6.4 Political Entities and the Business Cycle ....................................................................... 94
6.4.1 Pre-event phase ....................................................................................................... 95
6.4.2 Event phase ............................................................................................................. 95