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Party-List Seat Allocation Dispute by PJ SLSR is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The petitioners challenge the constitutionality of a provision in the party-list system law that allocates additional congressional seats to party-lists "in proportion to their total number of votes." The petitioners argue this results in double-counting votes for party-lists that receive at least 2% of votes, violating equal protection. They propose deducting the 2% of votes used to guarantee a seat before allocating additional seats based on remaining votes. The Commission on Elections conducted the 2019

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PJ SLSR

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