Practice question
Before voting begins, a major disaster makes a free, orderly and honest election impossible in a municipality. COMELEC considers postponement under Section 5 rather than waiting for scheduled voting to fail under Section 6. Opponents claim the commission has no postponement power until after the election day. Which statement is correct?
- Postponement is available only after proclamation.
- Every inconvenience automatically compels postponement.
- Section 5 separately authorizes postponement on its stated serious causes and conditions, with due notice and hearing; it need not await a completed failure under Section 6.
- Only a private party can postpone voting by announcement.
- Section 5 and Section 6 have identical triggers in all circumstances.
Legal references
- Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, Sections 5-6, 68 and 253: https://lawphil.net/statutes/bataspam/bp1985/bp_881_1985.html
- Republic Act No. 7166, Section 4: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7166_1991.html
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