Practice question
A citizen's registration was deactivated because of a qualifying conviction. The statutory disqualification has now ended, but the record remains inactive and no reactivation application or Board approval has occurred. She argues that reacquisition of the substantive right alone automatically places her record in the active precinct book. Which answer is correct?
- Every inactive record becomes active without any statutory process
- The citizen is permanently barred even after the ground ends
- A polling officer may invent any new qualification
- Ending the disqualification does not by itself complete the separate reactivation process for the inactive record
- The voter must abandon the existing record and secretly register twice
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 8189, Voter's Registration Act, Sections 3, 10, 12 and 27–29: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1996/ra_8189_1996.html
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