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Casimira S. Dela Cruz Vs. Commission on Elections and John Lloyd M. Pacete

CASIMIRA S. DELACRUZ, Petitioner, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and JOHN LLOYD M. PACETE, Respondents.

G.R. No. 192221 | 2012-11-13

EN BANC

DECISION 

VILLARAMA, JR., J.: 

With the adoption of automated election system in our country, one of the  emerging concerns  is  the  application of the law on nuisance candidates under a new voting system wherein voters indicate their choice of candidates by  shading  the  oval  corresponding  to  the name  of their  chosen  candidate printed  on  the ballots,  instead  of writing  the  candidate's  name  on  the appropriate space provided in the  ballots  as  in...