Philippine constitutional plebiscite, 1940
- Philippine constitutional plebiscite, 1940
A plebiscite on June 18, 1940 to ratify the following amendments to the Constitution: tenure of the President and the Vice-President was four years with reelection for another term; establishment of a bicameral Congress of the Philippines, with the Senate as the upper house and the House of Representatives as the lower house, and the creation of an independent Commission on Elections composed of three members to supervise all elections and plebiscites.
Result
Many Filipinos voted yes to the 1940 Amendments because of the approval of women's right to suffrage and the amendment to bring the bicameral system.
ee also
*Commission on Elections
*Politics of the Philippines
*Philippine elections
External links
* [http://www.comelec.gov.ph Official website of the Commission on Elections]
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