TOC – Compilation of Election Cases 1901-2001
Insure free, orderly, peaceful and credible
Chapter I: General Principles
1. Source of Sovereign Power
2. Republicanism
Chapter II: Suffrage
1. Right to Suffrage Defined
2. Source of Suffrage
3. Nature of Suffrage
4. Object of Suffrage
5. Power of Congress to Regulate Suffrage
6. Scope of Suffrage
Chapter III: Election
1. Election, defined
2. Purpose of Election
3. System of Election Adopted in the Philippines
4. Sources of Laws Governing Elections
5. Aims and Objects of Election Laws
6. Rules of Interpretation of Election Laws
7. Kinds of Elections
8. Initiative, Referendum, Recall, and Plebiscite
Chapter IV: Elective Constitutional Officers
1. President and Vice President
2. Senators
3. House of Representatives
4. Party-list Representatives
Chapter V: Other Elective Officials
1. Local Officials
2. Regional Assembly of the Autonomous Region
3. Barangay Officials
Chapter VI: Qualifications of Elective Officials
1. Citizenship
2. Age
3. Residence
4. Registered Voter
5. Literacy
Chapter VII: Electoral Tribunals
1. Presidential Electoral Tribunal
2. Senate Electoral Tribunal
a. Under the Jones Law
b. Under the 1935 Constitution
c. Under the 1973 Constitution
d. Under the 1987 Constitution
3. House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal
Chapter VIII: The Courts
1. Municipal Trial Courts
a. Inclusion or exclusion proceedings
b. Barangay elections
2. Regional Trial Courts
3. Supreme Court
Chapter IX: Commission on Elections
1. Creation, Organization and Membership
2. Nature and Character of the Commission
3. Qualifications
4. Term of Office
5. Factors Securing Independence
a. Under the 1935 Constitution
b. Under the 1987 Constitution
6. Powers and Functions
a. Enforce election laws
b.
elections
c. Decide administrative questions affecting
elections
d. Supervise and control election officials,
board of election inspectors and board
canvassers
e. Postpone elections
f. Declare failure of elections
g. Annul elections
h. Hold special elections
i. Act as a national board of canvassers
j. Suspend/annul canvass and proclamation
k. Compel new proclamation
l. Deputize law enforcement agencies
m. Investigate and prosecute election offenses
n. Supervise and regulate use of franchise
o. Initiative
p. Reapportionment of legislative districts
q. Promulgate rules of procedure
r. Power of contempt
7. Jurisdiction
a. Original jurisdiction
b. Appellate jurisdiction
Chapter X: Registration of Political Parties
1. Political Parties
2. Party-List
Chapter XI: Registration of Votes
1. Qualified Voter
2. Registered Voter
3. Registration Outside Date Fixed by Law
4. Annulment of List of Voters
5. Voters in Highly Urbanized Cities
Chapter XII: Certificate of Candidacy
1. Filing of Certificate of Candidacy
2. Effect of Filing of Certificate of Candidacy
3. Withdrawal of Certificate
4. Substitution of Candidate
5. False Representation in the Certificate
6. Cancellation of Certificate
7. Correction of Certificate
Chapter XIII: Disqualifications
1. Non-Filipino Citizen
2. Lack of Residency
3. Term Limits
4. Ineligibility
5. Misconduct
6. Fugitive from Justice
7. Turncoatism
Chapter XIV: Electoral Campaign, Contributions
and Expenditures
1. Campaign
2. Contributions and Expenditures
Chapter XV: Casting and Counting of Votes
1. Precincts and Polling Places
2. Voting Time
3. Board of Election Inspectors
4. Ballots and Election Documents
5. Spoiled Ballots
6. Excess Ballots
 7. Counting of Votes 21. Mandatory and jurisdictional period to file
Chapter XVI: Appreciation of Ballots protest/quo warranto
22. Payment of the required filing fees/cash deposit
Chapter XVII: Election Returns and Certificates 23. Mistake committed by receiving Clerk of Court
1. Election Returns 24. Amendments to the protest
a. Prima facie status of ER 25. Motion to dismiss
b. Authentic copies of ER 26. Answer
c. When ER prevails over ballots 27. General denial
d. Tampered of manufactured ER 28. Counter protest
e. Statistical improbability 29. Summary dismissal
f. No power to look beyond face of ER 30. Preservation and safekeeping of ballots and
g. Use of evidence aliunde election documents and paraphernalia
h. Inclusion/exclusion of ER 31. Withdrawal of contested/identified pilot
i. Amendment of ER areas/precincts
j. Correction of manifest errors 32. Opening and examination of the ballot box
k. Annulment of ER 33. Examination of documents
l. Effect of threat, coercion, intimidation 34. Tampered ballot box
m. Effect of annulment of voting list 35. Due process
2. Tally Board or Sheet 36. Evidence
3. Statement of Votes 37. Demurrer to evidence
4. Certificate of Votes 38. Summary judgement
Chapter XVIII: Canvass and Proclamation 39. Drawing of lots
1. Board of Canvassers 40. Motion for reconsideration
a. Composition 41. Motion for new trial
b. Ministerial Duty 42. Execution of judgement pending appeal
c. Remedies 43. Effect of an appeal
d. Functus Officio 44. Promulgation of decision
2. Canvas and Proclamation 45. Expenses
3. Recount of Votes 46. Costs
Chapter XIX: Pre-proclamation Controversy 47. Damages
1. Definition 48. Vacation of judgement
2. Scope 49. Right of a second placer
3. Jurisdiction Chapter XXI: Election Offenses
4. Summary Procedure 1. Mala Prohibita
5. Not Viable After Proclamation 2. Illegal Registration
6. Rules on the Presentation of Evidence 3. Failure to register or failure to vote
Chapter XX: Election Contest 4. Not entitled to vote
1. Rules of Interpretation 5. Thwarting the will of the people
2. Scope 6. Flying voters
3. Jurisdiction 7. Corruption of voters
4. Sufficiency of an Election Protest 8. Vote buying
5. Quo Warranto 9. Use of carbon paper
6. Injunction 10. Vote padding
7. Mandamus 11. Fraud
8. Certiorari 12. Terrorism
9. Right to assume office 13. Possession of deadly weapon
10. Filing of election protest before proclamation 14. Violation on the Gun B
11. Filing of petition to annul or suspend 15. Obstacle to free entry to the polling place
proclamation 16. Violation on the Ban on
12. Effect of petition of the filing of a pre- Appointment/Detail/Transfer
proclamation controversy 17. Electioneering
13. Real party in interest 18. Determination of probable cause
14. Effect of the death of a party 19. Conduct of preliminary investigation
15. Right to intervene in an election protest a. Under the Revised Election Code (RA 180)
16. Protest rendered moot and academic b. Under the 1978 Election Code (PD 1296)
17. Abandonment of protest c. Under the Omnibus Election Code (BP 881)
18. Pleading and procedure 20. Disqualification case
19. Suppletory application of the Rules of Court 21. Initiation of complaint
20. Verification and certification of non-forum 22. Jurisdiction of Regional Trial Court
shopping 23. Authority to Appeal
24. Effect of re-election
25. Condonation
26. Amnesty
27. Misconduct
28. Damages
29. Prescription of election offenses