Practice question
A petition for national statutory initiative has signatures equal to ten percent of all registered voters nationwide, but one legislative district supplies only two percent of its own registered voters. Does the nationwide total alone satisfy RA 6735, Section 5(a)?
- Yes, because district distribution is immaterial once ten percent is reached.
- Yes, because the district minimum is only one percent.
- No, because every legislative district must also be represented by signatures of at least three percent of its registered voters.
- No, because statutory initiatives always require twelve percent nationwide.
- Yes, if proponents promise to collect the missing signatures after the vote.
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 6735, August 4, 1989, Initiative and Referendum Act: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/2017; Section 5(a).
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