De Guzman v.

Comelec
G.R. No. 129118 (July 19, 2000)
FACTS: The Comelec reassigned petitioners to other stations
pursuant to Section 44 of the Voters Registration Act. The Act
prohibits election officers from holding office in a particular city or
municipality for more than four years. Petitioners claim that the
act violated the equal protection clause because not all election
officials were covered by the prohibition.
HELD: The law does not violate the equal protection clause. It is
intended to ensure the impartiality of election officials by
preventing them from developing familiarity with the people of
their place of assignment. Large-scale anomalies in the
registration of voters cannot be carried out without the complicity
of election officers, who are the highest representatives of
Comelec in a city or municipality.