Tag: overseas voting

DFA announces highest overseas voter turnout for midterm elections

(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs-Overseas Voting Secretariat (DFA-OVS) announced through a press release that the 2019 Philippine Midterm Elections recorded the highest number of overseas voter turnout since the Overseas Voting Act was signed into law in 2003. It has to be noted that the 2019 elections can be seen as the culminating activity belonging to a three-year cycle, beginning with the voter registration in 2016, six months after the Presidential elections. […]

Only 13 days left for overseas Filipinos to cast their votes

MANILA, April 29 – The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh has renewed its urgent call on all Filipino registered overseas voters in Saudi Arabia to cast their votes now and not wait until the last days of elections ending on May 09. This is in light of the modest voter turnout during the first 18 days of overseas voting in Riyadh and Al Khobar. The following graphic shows actual voter turnout from April 9 to 25: As […]

Philippine Embassy in Beijing officially opens 2016 overseas voting

MANILA, April 19 – The Philippine Embassy in Beijing commenced the Overseas Voting (OV) for the 2016 National Elections on April 09. Philippine Ambassador to China Erlinda F. Basilio led Embassy officials and staff in the casting of ballots on the first day of voting. The Embassy is presently conducting postal voting wherein ballots are either mailed directly to the voters or to the Embassy address for pick-up by the voters. A total of 899 […]