Defining other rights or privileges of accredited political parties or groups.
Section 3
SEC. 3. Defining other rights or privileges of accredited political parties or groups.— (1) Party vote.—If the voter writes on the ballot the name of the accredited political party or group instead of the name of its official candidate, the vote shall, any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, be counted in favor of the official candidate of such accredited political party or group. (2) Extension of time for party nomination.—If on account of lack of material time or due to any excusable delay, the Commission on Elections is unable to decide any petition or application for accreditation on or before April 28, 1981, in accordance with Section 1 hereof; or if the accredited political party or group fails to hold on or before April 28, 1981, the party convention, caucus, consensus or meeting to choose its official candidate, the political party or group concerned and thereafter accredited shall be granted an extension of time up to and including but not later than May 16, 1981, within which to submit to the Commission on Elections the certificate of nomination, of its official candidate. If, notwithstanding the extension of time granted it in the preceding paragraph, the accredited political party or group fails to nominate its candidate, said party shall lose its accreditation, and the Commission on Elections shall forthwith determine which of the other political parties or groups with an official nominee shall be entitled to accreditation under the same standards provided in Section 1 hereof. The candidate or candidates nominated in accordance with this section may file his certificate of candidacy on or before May 16, 1981. (3) Right of accredited party or group or candidate to contest election.—A sworn petition contesting the election of a President shall be filed with the Batasang Pambansa within thirty days after the proclamation of the results of the election by any accredited political party or group or by any candidate voted for.