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Voter Lina Santos is registered in Barangay 12, City of Sorsogon. She moves to Barangay 9 in the same city but does not update her residence in her voter registration. The City Election Office (CEO) posts a deactivation list warning that failure to update residence within 90 days will result in removal from the Official Voters List. After the election, Santos discovers her name has been deactivated and she cannot vote. She seeks reinstatement. (a) Identify the governing doctrine on registration and deactivation of voters and the legal basis for the CEO’s action. (b) Distinguish whether deactivation for failure to update residence satisfies due process, including notice and opportunity to contest. (c) Outline the remedies available to Santos and the practical consequences if the deactivation is sustained.

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Deactivation may be reviewed only by the Commission on Audit; correction of list by the Board of Canvassers; reformulation of the official voter list is needed before any voting. Continuing registration: Voter registration is a perpetual process that requires updating the voter's residence; the CEO's action rests on the Omnibus Election Code provisions authorizing deactivation for failure to update residence, subject to due process; remedies include reinstatement to the Official List of Voters upon proper petition with COMELEC and the voter cannot vote while deactivation stands. Remedies are limited to filing a civil action for declaratory relief; COMELEC retains exclusive original jurisdiction over reinstatement; the practical consequence is permanent loss of vote rights until such ruling. Deactivation requires a formal prior hearing before removal; the legal basis is due process; remedy is relief by petition for certiorari to review; the result is indefinite disenfranchisement if not reinstated.

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