The Aquino issue – 2007
Three people with the name Aquino filed their candidacies (Benigno Aquino III, Teresa Aquino-Oreta and Theodore Aquino), and there was confusion as to who is credited with a vote if someone wrote only “Aquino” on the ballot. Since Theodore Aquino was disqualified because he had dual citizenship and former Sen. Teresa “Tessie” Aquino-Oreta has the last name Oreta, COMELEC ruled that all votes with only the name Aquino would go to Tarlac Rep. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.
All three Aquinos are related to each other.