QUORUM,'VOTING'AND'PERCENTAGE'REQUIREMENTS'UNDER'THE'CONSTITUTION'

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SUBJECT' MANNER'OF'VOTING' %'OF'VOTES''
JOINTLY- SEPARATELY-
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Election)of)Senate)President)and)Speaker)of)the)House) - - Majority -of-all-its-respective-members-
of)Representatives)
Constitution)of)a)quorum)to)do)business) - - Majority-of-all-the-Members-
Suspension)or)expulsion)of)a)Member)for)disorderly) - - 2/3-of-all-the-Members-
behavior)
Power)to)declare)the)existence)of)a)state)of)war)in)a)joint) - - 2/3-of-all-the-Members-
session)
Decisions)or)rulings)of)the)Commission)on)Appointments) - - Majority-of-all-the-Members-
Reconsideration)of)a)bill)disapproved)by)the)President)or) - - 2/3-of-all-the-Members-
overriding)a)presidential)veto)
Grant)of)tax)exemption) - - Majority-of-all-the-Members-
Signatories)of)a)Petition)on)the)Initiative)by)the)People) n/a- n/a- At-least-12%-of-the-total-number-of-registered-
voters,-of-which-each-legislative-district-must-be-
represented-by-at-least-3%-of-the-registered-voters-
therein-

Election)for)President) n/a- n/a- Highest-number-of-votes-

Election)for)President)wherein)two)or)more)shall)have)an) - - Majority-of-all-the-Members-
equal)and)highest)number)of)votes)
Vacancy)in)the)Office)of)the)ViceHPresident:) - - Majority-of-all-the-Members-
Confirmation)of)a)nominee)from)among)the)Members)of)
the)Senate)and)the)House)of)Representatives))
Transmission)of)written)declaration)of)the)inability)of)the) n/a- n/a- Majority-of-all-the-Members-of-the-Cabinet-
President)to)discharge)the)powers)and)duties)of)his)
office)to)the)Senate)President)and)the)House)Speaker)
Determination)by)Congress)as)to)whether)or)not)the) - - 2/3-of-all-the-Members-
President)is)unable)to)discharge)the)powers)and)duties)
of)his)office)

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-Absolute-majority-–-majority-of-ALL-the-members-
Ordinary-majority-–-majority-of-the-QUORUM-

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 In)regular)or)special)session,)revocation)of)a) - - Majority-of-all-Members-
proclamation)of)martial)law)or)a)suspension)of)the)
privilege)of)the)writ)of)habeas)corpus)
Concurrence)of)the)Members)of)Congress)in)the) Does-not-specify- Does-not-specify- Majority-of-all-Members-
President’s)grant)of)amnesty)
Concurrence)of)the)Senate)in)the)treaty)or)international) n/a- n/a- 2/3-of-all-the-Members-of-the-Senate-
agreement)
SUBJECT' %'OF'VOTES''

Cases)involving)Constitutionality)of)laws,)etc.)
Supreme-Court-En)Banc-with-the-concurrence-of-a-majority-of-the-Members-who-actually-took-
part-in-the-deliberations-on-the-issues-in-the-case-and-voted-thereon-
Cases)or)matters)heard)by)a)Division)of)the)Supreme) Decided-or-resolved-with-the-concurrence-of-a-majority-of-the-Members-who-actually-took-part-
Court)) in-the-deliberations-on-the-issues-in-the-case-and-voted-thereon,-and-in-no-case,-without-the-
concurrence-of-at-least-three-of-such-Members-
Discipline)of)judges)of)lower)courts,)order)of)their) Majority-of-the-Members-who-actually-took-part-in-the-deliberations-on-the-issues-in-the-case-
dismissal) and-voted-thereon-

Submission)of)report)to)the)House)of)Representatives)by) Majority-of-all-the-Members-
the)Committee)to)which)a)verified)complaint)for)
impeachment)has)been)referred)
Affirmation)of)a)favorable)resolution)with)the)Article)of) At-least-1/3-of-the-all-the-Members-of-the-House-of-Representatives-
Impeachment)of)the)Committee,)or)overriding)of)its)
contrary)resolution)
Conviction)in)impeachment)cases) Concurrence-of-2/3-of-all-the-Members-of-the-Senate-

Direct)proposal)of)amendments)to,)or)revisions)of)the) ¾-of-all-the-Members-of-Congress-
Constitution)by)Congress)
Calling)of)a)Constitutional)Convention) 2/3-of-all-the-Members-of-Congress-
Referral)to)the)electorate)the)question)of)calling)a) Majority-of-the-Members-of-Congress-
Constitutional)Convention)
Ratification)of)an)amendment)to,)or)revision)of,)the) Majority-of-the-votes-cast-in-a-plebiscite-
Constitution))
Renewal)or)extension)of)all)existing)treaties)or) 2/3-of-the-Members-of-the-Senate-
international)agreements)
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