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The major problem in Colombia is, Corrupt practices.

Corrupt practices are established in English_lawthrough the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act 1854, an act which repealed all former legislation. Under this act, persons are deemed to be exercising corrupt practice in an election by undertaking a range of defined actions, including:Answers.com

Common law applies to parliamentary, municipal, county and parish council elections. The law allows for the incapacitation, from holding office in that borough, of those found guilty of corrupt practice in an election. Candidates found guilty of corrupt practice on a personal basis are, under common law, incapacitated from holding office indefinitely; if an electoral candidate's unit, or organisation, is found guilty of Grosscorrupt practice, the provisions of the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act allow for that unit, including the candidate themselves, and his or her agents, to be incapacitated from holding corporate office in the borough for up to three years.

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