ELECTION LAW SYLLABUS Atty. Paul P. Sagayo Jr.

V. A. B.

CAMPAIGN, ELECTION PROPAGANDA and EXPENDITURES (Secs. 79-93; 94-112, BP 881) Definition of Election Campaign Lawful/Prohibited Election Propaganda

Cases: Badoy v. COMELEC (35 SCRA 285) Sanidad v. COMELEC (181 SACRA 529) National Press Club v. COMELEC (207 SCRA 1) TELEBAP v. COMELEC (289 SCRA 337) C. D. Lawful Expenditures Statement of Contribution and Expenses (Sec. 14, RA 7166)

Cases: Collado v. COMELEC (245 SCRA 759) Pillar vs. COMELEC (245 SCRA 759)

VI. A. B.

REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (RA 8189) Definition [RA 8189, Sec. 3 (a)] Who May Register (RA 8189, Sec. 9) a. b. Challenge of Right to Register (RA 8189, Sec. 18) Jurisdiction in Inclusion and Exclusion (RA 8189, Sec. 32)

C. D.

Qualification / Disqualification of a Voter Activation/Reactivation/Cancellation of voters (RA 8189, Secs. 27-29)

Cases: Uytengsu v. Republic (95 Phil. 890) Evangelista v. Santos (86 Phil. 387) Romualdez v. RTC of Tacloban (266 SCRA 406) Abella v. COMELEC (201 SCRA 253)

VII. A. B. C. 881]

BOARD OF ELECTION INSPECTORS (BEI) Composition and Qualifications of BEI [Section 1 and 2, COMELEC Resolution No. 8739, December 29, 2009; Section 3, RA 8436 (as amended by RA 9369) ] Disqualification of BEI [Section 3 and 4, COMELEC Resolution No. 8739, December 29, 2009; Section 167, BP 881 ] Powers of BEI [Section 10, COMELEC Resolution No. 8739, December 29, 2009; Section 168, BP

Case: Punzalan v. COMELEC (289 SCRA 702)

VIII. A. B.

WATCHERS (Sec. 26, RA 7166, as amended by RA 9369) Qualifications (Section 15 and 16, COMELEC Resolution No. 8739, December 29, 2009) Rights and duties of watchers (Section 17, COMELEC Resolution No. 8739, December 29, 2009)

Case: Liberal Party vs. COMELEC (GR No. 73515, Feb. 4, 1986) IX. OFFICIAL BALLOT, COUNTING OF VOTES AND ELECTION RETURNS A. B. Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) Machine Valid Votes and Null Votes

X. A. B. C. D. E.

CANVASS AND PROCLAMATION Board of Canvassers Canvassing by Provincial, City District and Municipal Board Duty of the BOC Illegal Composition or Proceedings of the Board of Canvassers [Rule 4, COMELEC Resolution No. 8804, March 22, 2010 ] Proclamation

XI. A. B.

PRE-PROCLAMATION CONTROVERSY Definition [Rule 3, Section 1, COMELEC Resolution No. 8804, March 22, 2010; Section 241, BP 881 ] Exclusive Jurisdiction of all Pre-Proclamation Controversy: COMELEC [Rule 3, Section 2, COMELEC Resolution No. 8804, March 22, 2010; Section 241, BP 881 ]

Cases: Chavez v. COMELEC (211 SCRA 315) Torres v. COMELEC (270 SCRA 583) Ramirez v. COMELEC (270 SCRA 590) Dipatuan v. COMELEC (185 SCRA 86) C. Issues that may be raised in Pre-Proclamation Controversy [Rule 3, Section 1, COMELEC Resolution No. 8804, March 22, 2010] a. Illegal composition of the Board of Canvassers (BOC); b. Illegal proceedings of the BOC.

XII. A. B.

ELECTION CONTESTS Definition and Nature of Election Contest Jurisdiction; Time to file Electoral Protest

1. Presidential Electoral Tribunal (Article VIII, Section 4 in rel. Section 4 (par. 7), Article VII, 1987 Constitution) 2. Senate/HR Electoral Tribunal (Article VI, Section 17, 1987 Constitution) 3. COMELEC Jurisdiction, Election Protest [Part III, COMELEC Resolution No. 8804, March 22, 2010 ] C. Election Protest and Quo Warranto

Cases: Santiago v. Ramos (253 SCRA 599) Gatchalian v. COMELEC (245 SCRA 208) Loyola v. CA (245 SCRA 477) De Castro v. COMELEC (267 SCRA 806) Sampayan v. Dizon (213 SCRA 807) Marquez v. COMELEC (243 SCRA 538) D. Distinction Between Quo Warranto in Elective and Appointive Office

Abella v. COMELEC (201 SCRA 253) Sunga v. COMELEC (288 SCRA 76)

E.

Execution Pending Appeal

Ramos v. COMELEC (286 SCRA 189) Asmala v. COMELEC (289 SCRA 746) Zacate v. COMELEC (G.R. No. 144678, March 1, 2001) Santos v. COMELEC (G.R. No. 155618, March 26, 2003) F. Award of Damages

Atienza v. COMELEC (G. R. No. 108533, Dec. 20, 1994) Malaluan v. COMELEC (254 SCRA 397)

XIII. A. B. C.

ELECTION OFFENSES Prohibited Acts Sec. 261,BP 881; Secs. 45-46, RA 8189; Jurisdiction to conduct Preliminary Investigation (Section 265, BP 881 as amended by RA 9369) Concept of Electoral Sabotage (Section 32, COMELEC Resolution No. 8809,March 30, 2010)

Cases: Mappala v. Nuez (240 SCRA 600) People v. Reyes (247 SCRA 328) COMELEC v. Noynay (292 SCRA 254) Corpuz v. Tanodbayan (149 SCRA 281) Kilosbayan v. COMELEC (G.R. No. 128054, Oct. 16, 1997) Naldoza v. Lavilles (254 SCRA 286)