Q4 Lesson 2: Suffrage Flashcards
What is the definition of suffrage?
Suffrage is the right and obligation to vote for qualified citizens in the election of certain national and local officers of the government and in the decision of public questions submitted to the people.
Is suffrage a mandatory right for citizens?
No, suffrage is not mandatory.
What are the two classifications of suffrage?
- A mere privilege
- A political right
What does suffrage enable citizens to do?
Participate in the process of government to assure that it derives its powers from the consent of the governed.
What is the principle underlying suffrage?
One man, one vote.
What are the components included in the scope of suffrage?
- Election
- Plebiscite
- Referendum
- Initiative
- Recall
What is a plebiscite?
A vote of the people expressing their choice for or against a proposed law or enactment submitted to them.
What is the purpose of a referendum?
The submission of a law or part thereof passed by the national or local legislative body to the voting citizens for their ratification or rejection.
What is an initiative?
The process whereby the people directly propose and enact laws.
What is the recall process?
A method by which a public officer may be removed from office during his tenure by a vote of the people after registration of a petition signed by a required percentage of the qualified voters.
What are the qualifications to be a voter in the Philippines?
- A citizen of the Philippines
- Not otherwise disqualified by law
- At least eighteen (18) years of age
- Have resided in the Philippines for at least one (1) year and in the place wherein he proposes to vote for at least six (6) months preceding the election.
Who is disqualified from voting?
- Persons sentenced to be imprisoned for not less than one year
- Persons found to have committed rebellion, sedition, violation of the anti-subversion and firearms laws, or any crimes against national security or disloyalty to the government
- Insane or incompetent persons
What is the responsibility of Congress regarding voting disqualifications?
Determining who may be disqualified by law from exercising the right to suffrage.
What does wise and responsible voting shape?
The future of every nation.
Fill in the blank: Suffrage is considered the most essential ______ of the people in a democratic society.
power
True or False: Suffrage was historically a right for both men and women in the Philippines.
False
