Suffrage: Elections and Absentee Voting
ARTICLE V
Suffrage
I. What is right of suffrage?
The Right of Suffrage (from the Latin word suffragium, meaning "vote") is the right of the people to choose their officials as their representatives, for a definite and fixed period, to whom they entrust the exercise of the powers of government. This right, as conferred by the constitutional provision, "is not a natural right of the citizens, but a political right intended to enable them to participate in the process of government to assure it derives its powers from the consent of the governed." (Pungutan vs. Abubakar, L-33541, 20 June 1972).
II. Who may exercise the right of suffrage?
Suffrage may be exercised by:
1. all citizens of the Philippines not otherwise disqualified by law and;
2. who are at least eighteen years of age and;
3. who shall have resided in the Philippines for at least one year and;
4. who shall have resided in the place wherein they propose to vote for at least six months immediately preceding the election.
No literacy, property, or other substantive requirement shall be imposed on the exercise of suffrage.
III. Elections
An election is a decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office. This is the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy fills offices in the executive and legislative branches of government, and could either be national or local level.
Regular elections are those held regularly over a period of time as mandated by the Constitution. These are:
1. National Elections for: President and Vice-President, every 6 years. Senators, every 3 years.
2. Local Elections for: Members of House of Representatives, every 3 years. Party List Representatives, every 3 years. Provincial, City and Municipal Officials, every 3 years.
3. Barangay Elections, every 3 years, synchronized with the SK elections
4. ARMM Elections,
Suffrage
I. What is right of suffrage?
The Right of Suffrage (from the Latin word suffragium, meaning "vote") is the right of the people to choose their officials as their representatives, for a definite and fixed period, to whom they entrust the exercise of the powers of government. This right, as conferred by the constitutional provision, "is not a natural right of the citizens, but a political right intended to enable them to participate in the process of government to assure it derives its powers from the consent of the governed." (Pungutan vs. Abubakar, L-33541, 20 June 1972).
II. Who may exercise the right of suffrage?
Suffrage may be exercised by:
1. all citizens of the Philippines not otherwise disqualified by law and;
2. who are at least eighteen years of age and;
3. who shall have resided in the Philippines for at least one year and;
4. who shall have resided in the place wherein they propose to vote for at least six months immediately preceding the election.
No literacy, property, or other substantive requirement shall be imposed on the exercise of suffrage.
III. Elections
An election is a decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office. This is the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy fills offices in the executive and legislative branches of government, and could either be national or local level.
Regular elections are those held regularly over a period of time as mandated by the Constitution. These are:
1. National Elections for: President and Vice-President, every 6 years. Senators, every 3 years.
2. Local Elections for: Members of House of Representatives, every 3 years. Party List Representatives, every 3 years. Provincial, City and Municipal Officials, every 3 years.
3. Barangay Elections, every 3 years, synchronized with the SK elections
4. ARMM Elections,