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Practice question: Voter Registration, Deactivation, and Reactivation

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Practice question

Explain why registration deactivation under RA 10367 for failure of the prescribed biometrics validation is not necessarily a permanent loss of suffrage. Address the Act's reactivation provision and continuing compliance requirements.

Legal references

  • Republic Act No. 10367, mandatory biometrics voter registration, Sections 7, 8 and 10: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10367_2013.html
  • 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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