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2003-12-11 |
YNARES-SANTIAGO, J. |
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| Well settled is the doctrine that election contests involve public interest, and technicalities and procedural barriers should not be allowed to stand if they constitute an obstacle to the determination of the true will of the electorate in the choice of their elective officials.[2] Also settled is the rule that laws governing election contests must be liberally construed to the end that the will of the people in the choice of public officials may not be defeated by mere technical objections.[3] In an election case, the court has an imperative duty to ascertain by all means within its command who is the real candidate elected by the electorate.[4] | |||||