Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Disqualified Voters (Art. V)

1. Any person who has been sentenced by final judgment to suffer imprisonment for not less than one year, such disability not having been removed by plenary pardon or granted amnesty. But such person shall automatically reacquire the right to vote upon expiration of five years after service of sentence.

2. Any person who has been adjudged by final judgment by competent court of having committed any crime involving disloyalty to the duly constituted government such as rebellion, sedition, violation of anti-subversion and firearms law, or any crime against national security, unless restored to his full civil and political rights in accordance with law. Such person shall likewise automatically regain his right to vote upon expiration of five years after service of sentence.

3. Insane or incompetent persons as declared by competent courts.

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