Practice question
An aspirant files COCs for two different offices in the same election. Only after the prescribed COC filing period expires does the aspirant submit a sworn withdrawal of one and assert eligibility for the other under Section 73's multiple-filing correction clause. Which timing distinction matters?
- Every pre-election withdrawal necessarily satisfies every earlier filing deadline.
- The correction clause has no deadline at all.
- The general ability to withdraw before election does not extend the separate deadline for the sworn choice and cancellation curing multiple COCs.
- The candidate may remain eligible for both because one was withdrawn late.
- The election office must privately choose an office for the candidate.
Legal references
- BP 881, Section 73, withdrawal and preservation of liabilities: https://lawphil.net/statutes/bataspam/bp1985/bp_881_1985.html
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