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FINAL EXAMINATION
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c.) Can a second placer in an election assume office if the eventual winner
who has a pending disqualification case was disqualified after
proclamation? Explain.
d.) Will you answer be the same if the disqualification case was resolved
before the election? Explain.
IV.
V.
d.) Will election to the office extinguish liability for an election offense?
VI.
Is there a failure of elections in the following instances: (Explain your
answer)
d.) ballots were not signed at the back by the members of the board of
election inspectors
e.) massive substitution of voters
i.) only 220 out of the 316 registered voters in the precinct was able to
vote.
VII.
a.) In an election protest, explain the “best evidence rule”.
In view of the computerized election regime, will there be a change in
the application of this rule? Explain.
b.) Are “exit polls” allowed by law? Explain.
c.) What constitutes “partisan political activity”?
VIII.
Can a former Filipino who became a foreign citizen run for a public
office in the Philippines? Expound.
Can a foreign citizen who became a Filipino by naturalization run for a
public office in the Philippines? Expound.
Can a Filipino who is a foreign resident run for a public office in the
Philippines? Expound.
IX.
d.) Can a deaf-mute person run for a public office in the Philippines?
Explain.
X.
a.) When a candidate is declared nuisance, is it not a violation of his
constitutional right to due process and equal protection? Explain.
b.) Is suspension a valid interruption of the three consecutive term limit of
local officials? Explain.
c.) 1.) When is a failure of election justified to hold a special election?
Explain.
2.) What is meant by “failure to elect”?
d.) Under a computerized election regime, are there still valid pre-
proclamation controversies? Explain.
XI.
a.) Can a convict be a registered voter?
b.) If one is liable for an election offense, can he be likewise charged of
another crime involving the same act? Explain.
XII.
a.) Can a Barangay Chairman be subject to recall? How about a
Congressman? Explain.
b.) If one is declared a nuisance candidate by the COMELEC, is this not a
violation of the constitutional guarantee of equal protection? Explain.
XIII.
XV.
a.) When is an appointive official deemed ipso facto resigned from office?
Upon the filing of the candidacy or during the start of the campaign
period? Explain.
b.) Decide on the constitutionally of a law which bars publication of
election survey results within a certain period before election.
XVI.
a.) Is execution of COMELEC Division Resolution in election protest cases
allowed? If your answer is YES, is this not contrary to the principle that
the filing of an MR (Motion for Reconsideration) to the En Banc
suspends the implementation of the questioned resolution? Explain.
b.) Who is the member of Congress, the Partylist Organization or the
nominee? Explain.
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