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UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION and CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS OF NATIONS |
ARTICLE VSUFFRAGESection 1. Suffrage may be exercised
by all citizens of the Philippines not otherwise disqualified by law,
who
are at least eighteen years of age, and who shall have resided in the
Philippines
for at least one year, and 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.
Section 2. The Congress shall provide a system for securing the secrecy and sanctity of the ballot as well as a system for absentee voting by qualified Filipinos abroad. The Congress shall also design
a procedure for the disabled and the illiterates to vote without the
assistance
of other persons. Until then, they shall be allowed to vote under
existing
laws and such rules as the Commission on Elections may promulgate to
protect
the secrecy of the ballot.
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