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Tagoranao Vs COMELEC

The election return from Precinct 2 in Lanao del Sur shows clear signs of fraud and tampering. Ballots were stolen and filled out outside polling places. A kerosene can was used instead of an official ballot box, without permission. The return is blank on key voter data but a plebiscite return shows 375 registered voters. However, 389 mayoral votes were recorded, more than registered voters. Nine senatorial candidates received 3,265 total votes, exceeding the 3,000 maximum possible votes based on 375 voters, showing the return was manufactured.

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Tagoranao Vs COMELEC

The election return from Precinct 2 in Lanao del Sur shows clear signs of fraud and tampering. Ballots were stolen and filled out outside polling places. A kerosene can was used instead of an official ballot box, without permission. The return is blank on key voter data but a plebiscite return shows 375 registered voters. However, 389 mayoral votes were recorded, more than registered voters. Nine senatorial candidates received 3,265 total votes, exceeding the 3,000 maximum possible votes based on 375 voters, showing the return was manufactured.

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TAGORANAO vs COMELEC

FACTS: It has been established thru the investigation of the Commission attorneys sent to Lanao del Sur
that there were frauds and terrorism, shooting and explosion of dynamite in the area where this polling
place is located. The official ballots intended to be used in said precinct were snatched and taken away by
the followers of mayoralty candidate Naga Tagoranao, were accomplished outside of the polling places,
and were later on stuffed and placed inside a kerosene can which was used as a ballot box in lieu of the
ballot box supplied by the Commission. There is no evidence to show that the use of the kerosene can was
with prior approval of the Commission or any of its authorized representatives nor was it later confirmed
by the Commission.

The election return of Precinct 2 is blank with respect to the data on the number of voters who registered
and number of voters who actually voted, as well as on the data on the number of ballots received by the
Board of Inspectors and the number of ballots used in the voting, although, the plebiscite return of
Precinct 2 prepared by the same Board of Inspectors states that the number of voters who registered is
375 and the same number of voters voted. On the basis of 375 as the number of voters registered in the
precinct, there are still more votes credited to candidates for mayor, because, as stated in the decision of
the Commission, a total of 389 votes were credited for all the candidates for mayor or an excess of 14
votes over the number of voters registered, assuming that all said voters voted.

There is one more patent fact appearing on the face of said election return of Precinct 2 which shows that
this election return is obviously manufactured, namely, the votes for the 9 senators as they are hereunder
reproduced.

ISSUE: W/N the election return from Precinct 2 can be stigmatized as "obviously manufactured"

RULING: YES. There are nine senatorial candidates who received votes ranging from 300 to 375, or a
total number of votes credited for these nine candidates of 3,265. But the maximum total number of votes
that could be cast by, the 375 voters, assuming that all of them voted and that each of them cast his vote
for eight candidates for senators, will be only 3,000 votes. But here, the total number of votes credited for
the aforesaid nine candidates for senator is 3,265, thereby producing an excess of 265 votes credited for
senator. The foregoing facts appearing on the face of said election return itself show that the election
return is obviously manufactured.

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