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	GR No. 187635 2010-01-11	MATEO R. NOLLEN v. COMELEC VELASCO JR., J.
By Resolution[4] dated April 2, 2009, the COMELEC En Banc denied Nollen's motion for reconsideration on the rationalization that, while he timely filed his notice of appeal and simultaneously paid the PhP 1,000 appeal fee with the MTC on June 5, 2008, the appeal would be deemed duly registered and docketed only upon full payment of the filing fee to the COMELEC. By its ruling, the COMELEC En Banc evidently had in mind Zamoras v. COMELEC,[5] among other cases.[6] And citing jurisprudence, the COMELEC held that the error in the payment of filing fees in election cases is no longer excusable.[7]
	GR NOS. 186007 & 186016 2009-07-27	SALVADOR DIVINAGRACIA v. COMELEC CARPIO MORALES, J.
The ripples of the caveat in Loyola continued in Villota v. Commission on Elections[15] and Zamoras v. Commission on Elections,[16] both of which involved, this time, the matter of full payment of the appeal fee in election contests within the five-day reglementary period.
	GR No. 185140 2009-06-30	JERRY B. AGUILAR v. COMELEC NACHURA, J.
With the promulgation of A.M. No. 07-4-15-SC, the previous rule that the appeal is perfected only upon the full payment of the appeal fee, now pegged at P3,200.00, to the COMELEC Cash Division within the period to appeal, as stated in the COMELEC Rules of Procedure, as amended,[37] no longer applies.