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from

Latin suffragiummeaning "vote",

"politicalsupport",and the right tovote

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Suffrage may be exercised byall citizens of the Philippinesnot otherwise disqualified bylaw, who are at least eighteenyears of age, and who shallhave resided in the Philippinesfor at least one year and inthe place wherein theypropose to vote for at least sixmonths immediately

preceding the election…

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Any person who has been adjudge by final judgment of a competent court

or tribunal of having committed any crime

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Any person who has been sentenced by final judgment to

suffer imprisonment of not less than one (1) year

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Insane or incompetent persons as declared by competent

authority

I will rulethe

world!!!

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Ordered excluded from the list of voters by the court

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 Those who have lost their Filipino citizenship

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The Congress shallprovide a system forsecuring the secrecy

and sanctity of theballot as well as asystem for absenteevoting byqualified Filipinos

abroad.

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known as "TheOverseas AbsenteeVoting Act of 2003."

ensures equal

opportunity to allqualified citizens of thePhilippines abroad inthe exercise of thisfundamental right.

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 The Congress shall also design aprocedure for the disabled andthe illiterates to vote withoutthe assistance of other persons.

Until then, they shall be allowedto vote under existing laws andsuch rules as the Commissionon Elections may promulgate toprotect the secrecy of the

ballot."

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Section 196 states:"A voter who is illiterate orphysically unable to preparethe ballot by himself may beassisted

in the preparation of hisballot by a relative, by affinityor consanguinity within thefourth civil degree or if he hasnone… constitute an election

offence."

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Section 29 states:"Disabled personsshall be allowed tobe assisted by aperson of his choicein voting in thenational or localelections. Theperson thus chosenshall prepare the

ballot …local ornational elections.

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April 30, 1937, the women of the

Philippines were granted the right to

vote and to be voted upon

the 1935 Constitutional

Convention denied women the right

to vote and limited the right of 

suffrage to male citizens allegedly

because “there was no popular 

demand for the right of suffrage by

Filipino women themselves” andthat the granting of the right of 

suffrage to women will only disrupt

family unity as the women will

plunge into the swamp of politics.

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the CHR issued a Petition

to the COMELEC asking the

latter to issue a “resolution

implementing the right to

vote of persons deprived of their liberty

(detainees/prisoners) in

national prisons, provincial,

city and municipal jails, andother government detention

facilities

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