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SUFFRAGE
SEC. 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.
SEC. 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. |
