Election Law Assignment
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SAGSAGAT, MARIANE JOY C. NOVEMBER 14, 20152014-0304
Petition to deny due course or cancel
Certificate of Candidacy
Petition for Quo Warranto
Petition for Disqualification of
Candidate
GROUNDS Any material representation (refers
to candidate’s qualifications for election such as citizenship and
residence)
If it is shown that said certificate has been
filed to put the election process in
mockery or disrepute
If said certificate was filed to cause
confusion among the voters by the
similarity of the names of the
registered candidate.
If the candidate has no bona fide intention to run for the office.
Ineligibility or disloyalty of the candidate to the Republic of the
Philippines.
Any candidate who, in an action or protest in which he is a party is
declared by final decision of a
competent court guilty of, or found by the
Commission of having (a) given money or
other material consideration to
influence, induce or corrupt the voters or
public officials performing electoral
functions; (b) committed acts of
terrorism to enhance his candidacy; (c)
spent in his election campaign an amount
in excess of that allowed by this Code; (d) solicited, received
or made any contribution prohibited
under Sections 89, 95, 96, 97 and 104; or
(e) violated any of Sections 80, 83, 85,
86 and 261, paragraphs d, e, k, v, and cc, subparagraph 6, shall be disqualified from continuing as a
candidate, or if he has been elected, from
holding the office. Any person who is a
permanent resident of or an immigrant to a foreign country shall
not be qualified to run
for any elective office under this Code,
unless said person has waived his status
as permanent resident or immigrant of a foreign country in accordance with the
residence requirement provided
for in the election laws.
WHO MAY FILE May be filed by ANY person
May be filed by ANY person
Filed by a candidate
WHEN TO FILE May be filed not later than 25 days from the
time of the filing of Certificate of
Candidacy and shall be decided, after due process and hearing , not later than 15 days
before the election.
Initiated within 10 days after
proclamation of election results
Filed directly to the Commission before
the election.