Gen. Info - Art.5: Suffrage

central to the idea of a democracy is that each person is given an equal voice in deciding the outcome of the election this process is what we call suffrage or the right to vote in the election and public questions submitted to the people now were allowed to vote under the 1987 Philippine Constitution first any Filipino citizen who is at least 18 years of age second our resident of the Philippines for at least one year and in the place where he intends to vote for at least six months immediately preceding the election next let's talk about the scope of suffrage first election it is a process in which people vote to choose a person or a group of people to hold an official position second website an election we're in the people decide to accept or reject certain changes in the constitution third referendum an election device in which a law can either be accepted or repealed based on the popular vote of the people fourth initiative it is a process whereby the people directly propose and enact laws last recall it is a method by which a public officer may be removed from office during his tenure or before the acceleration of his term now let's answer the question can illiterates and disabled vote the answer is yes they can cheering election the illiterates and disabled members of the society are assisted by the election officers moving on to our next question can overseas filipino workers vote yes they can throughout santi voting or the process by which qualified citizens on the Philippines abroad exercise their right simple let's move on to our fan FAQ for this episode did you know that Filipino women were first allowed to vote in 1937 before 1937 only Filipino men were allowed to vote in the country it all changed when Commonwealth at number 34 was made women in the country finally exercise their right to suffrage that's all for our episode be sure to LIKE and subscribe to our channel because more incredible videos are on the way also if you have friends share this video thank you for watching