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Practice question: Consent Election

Multiple Choice Hard Jurisprudence

Practice question

A consent election has100 eligible voters. Only40 vote, and there are no material challenged ballots. A receives30 votes and demands certification because it won most ballots cast. Which requirement prevents treating that alone as a valid election?
  1. The required majority turnout is absent, so the failure-of-election rule applies
  2. Thirty votes always overrides every turnout rule
  3. Consent abolishes turnout requirements
  4. No-union voters must be forced to join A
  5. The employer may add imaginary votes

Legal references

  • DO40-03 RuleVIII Sections10/23 and RuleIX, election procedures: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/10/42246

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