Votes cast for a nuisance candidate shall be considered “stray votes” and shall not be counted in favor of any other candidate, according to a new rule set by the Supreme Court (SC).

The Supreme Court (SC) recently ruled that votes clearly cast for a nuisance candidate, whose certificate of candidacy (COC) ...

AN ELECTION offense case is being eyed against Senator Rodante Marcoleta after he allegedly misdeclared the absence of ...

A perjury complaint has been filed against Senator Rodante Marcoleta before the Office of the Ombudsman over his public ...

The SC rules that votes clearly cast for a nuisance candidate, whose certificate of candidacy is cancelled or not given due course, are considered stray and should not be counted in favor of any other ...

The Supreme Court overturned a long-standing doctrine on the treatment of votes for nuisance candidates, ruling that under ...

Senate photo It seemed like an open-and-shut case: Sen. Francis himself admitted to receiving in 2022 a P30-million campaign ...

Comelec’s clearance of Escudero was made by its Political Finance and Affairs Department. A parallel complaint pends at the Legal Department. If the latter decides to disqualify Escudero, the case ...

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to issue show cause orders (SCOs) to candidates who ran in the May 2022 ...

Comelec found no violation of the election code when Sen. Francis Escudero received a P30-million campaign donation from a ...

THE Commission on Elections has terminated its motu proprio investigation against Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero and Centerways Construction and Development Inc. President Lawrence Lubiano, ruling ...

Comelec says no election code violation in Sen. Francis Escudero’s campaign donation from Lawrence Lubiano, Centerways ...