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Practice question: Voter Qualification and Disqualification (See also RA 8189, Secs. 9 and 11)

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

May literacy, property ownership or another substantive requirement be imposed in addition to the Article V, Section 1 suffrage qualifications?
  1. Yes, if an official dislikes the voter
  2. Yes, if the voter owns no house
  3. Yes, whenever a candidate requests it
  4. Yes, if the voter has not completed university
  5. No; Article V, Section 1 expressly prohibits those additional substantive requirements

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article V, Section 1, suffrage qualifications and prohibited requirements: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353

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