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What is Macalintal v. Comelec: Residency Exception about?
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Section 5(d) of the Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003, which allows overseas Filipinos who are immigrants or permanent residents in other countries to register as voters by executing an affidavit expressing their intention to return to the Philippines. The Court ruled that absentee voting is an exception to the residency requirement under the Constitution. Congress was given the authority to devise an absentee voting system for qualified Filipinos abroad,
- Author
- Manuel Joseph Franco
- Language
- EN