Practice question
A brief disturbance occurs but lawful voting, counting and canvassing proceed, a valid result is obtained, and the disturbance has no effect on that result. A losing candidate demands a Section 6 special election solely because a disturbance happened. Which answer is correct?
- Every disturbance requires a new election
- The candidate's allegation alone supplies every statutory condition
- The stated facts do not establish the required failure and result-affecting consequence
- Every valid vote must be erased
- A campaign party may declare failure by resolution
Legal references
- Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, Omnibus Election Code, Section 6, failure of election and continuation: https://lawphil.net/statutes/bataspam/bp1985/bp_881_1985.html
- Republic Act No. 7166, Section 4, COMELEC en banc action on failure and special elections: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7166_1991.html
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