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Doromal vs. Biron [DECISION]

Rose Marie D. Doromal, Petitioner, versus Hernan G. Biron and Commission on Elections, Respondents

G.R. No. 181809 | 2010-02-17

D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
We reiterate settled rulings on the appreciation of election returns in this case, to wit, (1) before a certificate of votes may be used to prove tampering, alteration, falsification or any other anomaly committed in the election returns, it must comply with Sections 16 and 17 of Republic Act (RA) No. 6646,[1] (2) the exclusion of election returns on the ground of tampering must be approached with extreme caution and must be based on clear and convincing evidence, and (3) in case of discrepancy in the other authentic copies of an election return, the procedure in Section 236 of the Omnibus...