22.. Utatalum v Comelec

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[0V"#$ %&'(&SS#)% *. &+&+*,& petitioner s. C)SS)% % #,#C+)%S

and *'1#% S. *%%) respondents. Pedro . 3adra 4or petitioner. 5rillantes

%ah3ra %aarro 7 *rilla ,a8 9es 4or priate respondent.0 :an 22#n

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petitioner Eled 8ith the 5oard o4 Canassers his %otie o4 *ppeal 4ro? said

'esol3tion to the C#,#C.

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adise @siA that he ?ay Ele an eletion ontest be4ore the proper 4or3? i4 so

desired.H 1elared the C#,#C inter alia>

HLhile 8e beliee that there 8as padding o4 the registry list o4 oters in Siasi yet to

ann3l all the otes in this ?3niipality 4or p3rposes o4 the ay =0

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HA +he eletion ret3rns 8ere prepared 3nder d3ress threats oerion or

inti?idation or they are obio3sly ?an34at3red or not a3thentiJ ?phasis

s3ppliedA

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M3rther that the eletion ret3rns 4ro? Siasi sho3ld be eGl3ded 4ro? the anass o4

the res3lts sine its original ,ist o4 Voters had already been Enally ann3lledJ and

lastly that there is no need to re-litigate in an eletion protest the ?atter o4

ann3l?ent o4 the 'egistry ,ist this being already a H4ait ao?pli.H

)t is o3r onsidered ie8 ho8eer that gien the 4at3al setting it an not

3stiEably be ontended that the Siasi ret3rns per se 8ere Hobio3sly

?an34at3redH and thereby a legiti?ate iss3e in a pre-prola?ation ontroersy. )t

is tr3e that in ,ag3?bay s. C#,#C @,-2F"" = :an3ary 66 6 SC'* BFA

relied 3pon heaily by Petitioner &t3tal3? this Co3rt r3led that the ret3rns are

obio3sly ?an34at3red 8here they sho8 a great eGess o4 otes oer 8hat o3ld

hae been legally ast. +he Siasi ret3rns ho8eer do not sho8 pri?a 4aie that on

the basis o4 the old ,ist o4 Voters there is at3ally a great eGess o4 otes oer 8hat

o3ld hae been legally ast onsidering that only =6000 persons at3ally oted

o3t o4 the =


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4aie on the K3estioned ret3rns the?seles. %ot so in this ase 8hih deals 8ith the

preparation o4 the registry list o4 oters a ?atter that is not reNeted on the 4ae o4

said ret3rns.

5asially there4ore petitionerDs a3se o4 ation is the padding o4 the Siasi ,ist o4

Voters 8hih indeed is not a listed gro3nd 4or a pre-prola?ation ontroersy.

HS#C. 2"=. )ss3es that ?ay be raised in pre-prola?ation ontroersy. - +he

4ollo8ing shall be proper iss3es that ?ay be raised in a pre-prola?ation

ontroersy>

@aA )llegal o?position or proeedings o4 the board o4 anassersJ

@bA +he anassed eletion ret3rns are ino?plete ontain ?aterial de4ets appear

to be ta?pered 8ith or 4alsiEed or ontain disrepanies in the sa?e ret3rns or in

other a3thenti opies thereo4as ?entioned in Setions 2==2=" 2=F and 2=6 o4

this CodeJ

@A +he eletion ret3rns 8ere prepared 3nder d3ress threats oerion or

inti?idation or they are obio3sly ?an34at3red or not a3thentiJ and

@dA Lhen s3bstit3te or 4ra3d3lent ret3rns in ontroerted polling plaes 8ere

anassed the res3lts o4 8hih ?aterially aOeted the standing o4 the aggrieed

andidate or andidates.H

*s pointed o3t in #spaldon s. C#,#C ,-B


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H+he s3bseK3ent ann3l?ent o4 the oting list in a separate proeeding initiated

?ot3 proprio by the Co??ission and in 8hih the protagonists here 8ere not

parties annot retroatiely and 8itho3t d3e proess res3lt in n3lli4ying aepted

eletion ret3rns in a preio3s eletion si?ply bea3se s3h ret3rns a?e 4ro?

?3niipalities 8here the preint booIs o4 oters 8ere ordered ann3lled d3e to

irreg3larities in their preparation.H

5esides the ,ist o4 Voters 3sed in the


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Minally this Petition has to 4ail i4 only on the basis o4 the eK3ally i?portant dotrine

en3niated in Padilla s. C#,#C @,-6

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