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The new Decision upheld sec. 4(a) of Resolution 8678, sec. 13 of R.A. 9369 and sec. 66 of the Omnibus Election Code. Nine other justices adopted Justice Puno’s view that these provisions satisfy the requisites of the equal protection test, especially the second requirement that it must be germane to the purposes of the law.
Section 69 of the Omnibus Election Code states that a nuisance candidate is someone who has filed a certificate of candidacy with the intention of: [1] putting the election process in mockery or disrepute; causing confusion among voters by the similarity of their name to other registered candidates
The Omnibus Election Code bans persons or organizations who hold contracts with the government from contributing to candidates' election campaigns. In addition, under Comelec Resolution No. 10772 and the Corporation Code of the Philippines, corporations are allowed to make campaign donations of up to 5% of its taxable income. [15]
The act requires that all U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands allow certain U.S. citizens to register to vote and to vote by absentee ballot in federal elections. [1] The act is Public Law 99-410 and was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on August 28, 1986. [2]
As for Section 12 of the Omnibus Election Code, which provides that a person shall be disqualified to run for public office if they are "sentenced to a penalty of more than eighteen months or for a crime involving moral turpitude", the commission pointed out that, by the final judgment of the Court of Appeals on the case, Marcos was never ...
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[158] [134] It also shortens runoff elections—a Republican priority in the state after both of its 2020 Senate runoffs were won by the Democratic candidates [h] [159] —and includes a provision removing the secretary of state from the Board of Elections, a measure seemingly targeted at Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state ...
Utah's 3rd congressional district special election, 2017 [17] Party Candidate Votes % Republican: John Curtis: 85,739 : 58.03% : Democratic: Kathie Allen 37,778 25.57% United Utah: Jim Bennett 13,745 9.30% Independent: Sean Whalen 4,550 3.08% Libertarian: Joe Buchman 3,643 2.47% Independent American: Jason Christensen 2,286 1.55% Write-in ...