Define a candidate

Sec. 79 and BP 881

Qualification
o Frivaldo vs. COMELEC 174
SCRA 245
o 176 SCRA 1
o Romualdez vs. COMELEC
258 SCRA 499
o Aquino vs. COMELEC 248
SCRA 400
Disqualification
o BP 881
o RA 7160
o GR 148326
Exclusion Comparative
Analysis
Annulment of Voters
o Who
o Requirements
o 181 SCRA 335

Qualifications & Disqualifications

President
VP
Senate
HOR

LGC Qualifications for Legal Officers

Sec. 39
Governor
Vice-Governor
Mayor
Vice Mayor
Sangguniang Bayan

Chapter 1: Omnibus Election Code

Fair Elections RA 9006

RA 6646
RA 7166
RA 8189
RA 8436
RA 10367
RA 9189

Definition
Electrion
Suffrage distinction
5 Scopes of Suffrage

Election
Plebiscite
Referendum
Initiative
Recall

Kinds of Election
Type of Electoral System in the PH
5 Theories of Suffrage

Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.

1 art. 2
1, art. 5
18, BP 881
10, BP 8189
6, 9187
V, BP 881

Candidacy

What is a candidate?
What is a COC
o Contents sec. 74, BP 881
Requisites for eligibility
De Guzman vs. BOC 48 PH 211
Cordillera vs. COM June 2, 1992
Effect of filing COC
o Sec. 66-67, BP 881
o RA 8436, sec. 11
o PNOC vs. NLRC GR
100947
o Quinto vs. COMELEC
o Loreto vs. COMELEC
Effect of death, disability
o Luna vs. COMELEC

Requisites for exercise of suffrage

Registration of voters

Sec. 118, BP 881

Rationale

Disqualifications
Duty to register
o sec. 4, BP 881
o sec. 115, BP 881
Continuing Registration
o Sec. 3, RA 8189
Yra vs. Abano 52 PH 380
Ablayan vs. COMELEC GR
147066
Macalintal vs. COMELEC GR
157013

Annulment of Registration of Voters

Who may challenge

Requirements
Proceudre
Who can approve
Sec. 4 RA 8189

Assignment for the final topic: ELECTION

LAWS
Study the codal provisions of the following
laws:
- BP 881 or the Omnibus Election Code
- RA 9006 Fair Elections Act
- RA 6646 Electoral Reforms Act
- RA 7166 Synchronized Nat'l and Local
Elections Act
- RA 8189 Continuing Voters Registration
Act
- RA 8436 Automated Elections Act
- RA 10367 Biometrics Law
- RA 9189 Absentee Voting Act
Chapter 1 : Basic Concepts
- Election
- Suffrage
- DIstinction bet the two
- 5 scopes of suffrage
- 2 kinds of election and example of each
- 5 theories on suffrage
- Philippine Theories on suffrage
- Cases:
1. Villaber v. COMELEC, G.R. NO. 148326
15 Nov. 2001
2. Grego v. COMELEC, G.R. NO. 125995,
19 June 1997
3. Reyes v. COMELEC G.R. NO. 120905,
07 March 1996, 254 scra 514
4. Mercado v. Manzano, G.R. No.
135083. May 26, 1999 307 SCRA 630
5. Lopez v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 182701
23 July 2008
6. Rodriguez v. COMELEC [G.R. No.
120099. July 24, 1996]
7. Caasi v. CA G.R. NO. 88831, 08 Nov.
1990 (199 scra 229)
Chapter 2: Registration of Voters
- Rationale / Necessity
- Disqualification (Section 118 of BP 881)
- Duty to Register (Section 4 / Sec 115)
- Section 3 on Continuing Registration
- Cases:
8. Yra v. Abano, G.R. No. L-30187,
November 15, 1928 (52 phil 380)
9. Akbayan v. COMELEC G.R. NO.

147066 26 March 2001

10. Macalintal v. COMELEC G.R. NO.
157013, 03 July 2003
Chapter 3: Challenge, inclusion, exclusion
and annulment
ON CHALLENGE:
- Who may challenge ( section 18, RA
8189)
- grounds
- procedure
- who may oppose
ON INCLUSION/EXCLUSION:
- Who may file for inclusion/exclusion?
- where to file? When? When to decide?
- provision on appeal
- COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE
TWO
ANNULMENT OF BOOK OF VOTERS
11. Ututalum v. Commission on Elections,
G.R. Nos. 84843-44, 22 January 1990,
181 SCRA 335.
CHAPTER 4: qualifications /
disqualifications
- review qualifications under consti
- RA 7160 ( qualifications for local elective
positions)
- Define the following ( BP 881):
1. Candidate
2. Qualification
3. Disqualification
4. NAtural born citizen
5. Residence
6. Domicile
On qualification- cases:
12. Frivaldo v. COMELEC 174 SCRA 245;
G.R. NO. 87193, 23 JUNE 1989
13. Labo, Jr. v. COMELEC, G.R. NO.
86564, 01 August 1989 ( 176 SCRA 1)
Comparative Analysis of these 2 cases
14. Romualdez-Marcos v. COMELEC 248
scra 300
15. Aquino v. COMELEC 248 scra 400
- Grounds for disqualification
- Ra 7160 (DSQ for of local elective
officials)