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Rappler pointed out that, in comparison, the Comelec cleared its desks early of all anti-Grace Poe petitions during the 2016 Philippine presidential election season, disqualifying the then survey front runner from the presidential race in December 2015, or five months before the May election. (Poe appealed the ruling at the Supreme Court, which ...
The new Decision upheld sec. 4(a) of Resolution 8678, sec. 13 of R.A. 9369 and sec. 66 of the Omnibus Election Code. Nine other justices adopted Justice Puno’s view that these provisions satisfy the requisites of the equal protection test, especially the second requirement that it must be germane to the purposes of the law.
In the Philippines, a nuisance candidate is an official term for an aspirant candidate for a public office whose certificate of candidacy was not accepted by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) either motu proprio by the election body itself or upon a verified petition of an interested party.
The United States granted independence to the Philippines on July 4, 1946. In Republic Act No. 180, or the Revised Election Code of 1947, if a vacancy in either chamber of Congress occurs at least 10 months or before a regular election, the president shall call a special election as soon as the chamber where the vacancy occurred of the existence of such vacancy notified him.
The Philippines' election agency on Wednesday said it had tapped law enforcers and information security experts to look into a news report that said hackers had compromised its systems, but ...
People's Initiative is a common appellative in the Philippines that refers to either a mode for constitutional amendment provided by the 1987 Philippine Constitution or to the act of pushing an initiative (national or local) allowed by the Initiative and Referendum Act of 1987. While the Supreme Court had declared amending the constitution via ...
According to Article IX-C, Section 2 of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) shall exercise the following powers and functions: [3] Enforce and administer all laws and regulations relative to the conduct of an election, plebiscite, initiative, referendum, and recall.
Batas Pambansa Blg. 880 – Public Assembly Act of 1985; Batas Pambansa Blg. 881 – Omnibus Election Code of the Philippines; Batas Pambansa Blg. 882 – Order of Succession Act; Batas Pambansa Blg. 883 – Special Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act; Batas Pambansa Blg. 884 – Presidential Electoral Tribunal Act