Practice question
A proposed constitutional initiative has signatures from fifteen percent of registered voters nationwide, but one legislative district supplies signatures from only two percent of its registered voters. Does the national total cure that shortfall?
- No. Every legislative district must independently meet the three-percent requirement.
- Yes. Any national total above twelve percent cures district defects.
- Yes. Only a majority of districts must comply.
- Yes, if the President approves the petition.
- No, because the national threshold is twenty percent.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article XVII Section 2: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Republic Act No. 6735, Section 5(b): https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6735_1989.html
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