Scope of Suffrage

It is the means by which the people choose their officials for definite and fixed periods and to whom they entrust, for the time being as their representatives, the exercise of powers of government.

• Plebiscite

• Election

• Recall

It is the name given to a vote of the people expressing their choice for or against a proposed law or enactment submitted to them. In the Philippines, the term is applied to an election at which any proposed amendment to, or revision of, the Constitution is submitted to the people for their ratification.

• Plebiscite

• Referendum

• Election

It is the submission of a law or part thereof passed by the national or local legislative body to the voting citizens of a country for their ratification or rejection.

• Referendum

• Election

• Recall

It is a method by which a public officer may be removed from office during his tenure or before the expiration of his term by a vote of the people after registration of a petition signed by a required percentage of the qualified voters.

• Recall

• Initiative

• Referendum

It is the process whereby the people directly propose and enact laws.

• Initiative

• Election

• Recall