Practice question
An otherwise qualified senatorial candidate is not a registered voter on election day and argues that her national popularity substitutes for registration. Which is correct?
- Popularity supplies voter registration automatically.
- Voter registration is an express constitutional qualification that popularity does not replace.
- Only district Representatives need be voters.
- The party may waive constitutional qualifications.
- A Senator need be registered only after six years in office.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article VI, Section 3.
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