Practice question
Under Article VII, Section 4, what is the latest constitutional time for the Senate President to open the presidential and vice-presidential certificates of canvass?
- Thirty days after election day
- Thirty days after the new President’s inauguration
- Sixty days after proclamation
- At any time before the next election six years later
- Only after a judicial contest has ended
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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