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SUFFRAGE
The Congress shall also design a procedure for the disabled and
the illiterate to vote without the assistance of other persons.
Until then, they shall be allowed to vote under existing laws
and such as the Commission on Elections may promulgate to
protect the secrecy of the ballot.
MEANING OF SUFFRAGE
4. have resided in the Philippines for at least one (1) year and
in the place wherein he proposes to vote for at least (6)
months preceding the election.
PERSONS DISQUALIFIED TO VOTE
1. Any person who has been sentenced by final judgment to
suffer imprisonment for not less than one (1) year, such
disability not having been removed by plenary pardon or
granted amnesty. But such person shall automatically
reacquire the right to vote upon expiration of five (5) years
after service of sentence.
1. EDUCATION
2. SEX
3. TAXPAYING ABILITY