Practice question
Two presidential candidates have an equal and highest number of votes after the canvass. The Senate President proposes to select the winner personally. What does Article VII, Section 4 require instead?
- Selection by a coin toss conducted by COMELEC
- Selection by the incumbent President
- Selection by a plurality of provincial governors
- An automatic declaration that both candidates are President
- Choice of one tied candidate by a majority of all members of both Houses of Congress, voting separately
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 4, canvass, proclamation, tied highest votes and election contests: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
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