QuestionsQuestions (Commonwealth Act No. 666)
It was scheduled to be held on the second Tuesday in November, 19 November 1941, in accordance with the Act and the Election Code insofar as applicable and not in conflict.
It provides that “national offices” refers to the offices of President and Vice-President of the Philippines, Senators, and Members of the House of Representatives.
They must be signed and sworn to by the candidates themselves and filed with the Commission on Elections at least seventy-five (75) days before the election.
Yes. The certificate of candidacy for an office whose election depends on the direct vote of the whole electorate may be filed by the political party nominating him without his signature nor his oath.
The certificate filed by the party to which the candidate belongs prevails, unless the candidate decides otherwise.
He is considered resigned from his office from the moment of filing of his certificate of candidacy.
The ballots must be uniform throughout the Philippines and provided at public expense, made of white paper with specified markings (e.g., coat of arms, “Official Ballot,” locality, date, and anti-distinctive-mark notices), and they include instructions for straight party voting or voting for individual candidates.
The voter writes the name of the political party in the designated space for straight ticket voting; then it is unnecessary to write the names of the individual candidates.
The ballot is deemed a vote for each and every one of the official candidates of that political party for the respective offices.
Only the names written in the respective blank spaces are considered validly voted for; any names written outside those spaces are deemed not written.
It is deemed that the voter has not cast any vote for that office.
The vote is counted in favor of the registered candidate.
The votes are counted only for the first twenty-four candidates whose names were written in the blank spaces.
Those written names are deemed not written, and the ballot is counted only as one vote for each of the candidates on the straight ticket of that party.
Written names are deemed not written for purposes of straight-ticket duplicates; however, where it states that if a voter voted for the straight ticket and at the same time had written on one or more blank spaces the names of candidates, those names are deemed not written and the vote is counted for each and every one of the official candidates of the party voted for.
Provincial or city boards of canvassers must canvass all votes and then, for President/Vice-President/Senators, they merely state and certify the number of votes polled by each candidate and send the corresponding statements by registered mail to the National Assembly.
It meets and publicly counts votes for President/Vice-President and declares elected the persons with the highest number of votes for those offices; in case of ties, the National Assembly chooses by majority vote. For Senators, it declares elected the twenty-four persons with the highest votes.
After recording the tie, the National Assembly—upon three days’ notice to all tied candidates—holds another session for drawing of lots and proclaims as elected the candidate favored by luck, who assumes office as if elected by plurality.