Practice question
Under RA 7166, Section 4, who decides the specified declaration of failure of election and calling of special elections?
- Any receiving clerk acting alone
- A private polling firm
- The local candidate with the largest campaign
- COMELEC sitting en banc by a majority vote of its members
- Any barangay captain acting independently
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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