DFA urged OFWs to vote early

by | Apr 20, 2010 | Announcements, Election 2010, World

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) urged Sunday Filipino migrants to vote early and not wait for the May 10 deadline for overseas absentee voting (OAV), citing about 30,000 Filipinos abroad who have already cast their votes for this year’s polls.

“We are encouraging registered overseas absentee voters to exercise their hard-earned right of suffrage, so they can be involved in deciding who will compose our next set of national leaders come July. We also urge them to vote now, in order to avoid last minute queues at the polling places,” DFA Undersecretary for Special Concerns and OAV-Secretariat (OAVS) chairman Rafael Seguis urged.

Seguis disclosed that there were almost 30,000 Filipinos who have exercised their right to vote in the first week of overseas absentee voting, which started on April 10 and will commence on May 10 in 93 Philippine Embassies and Consulates General around the world. (PIA-Bohol)

Filipinos in HK, Singapore vote in automated polls

by | Apr 10, 2010 | Election 2010, Headlines, World

Filipinos based here and in Singapore began voting today, Saturday, for national positions in the Philippines and took a first try at the automated polls.

Cesar Flores, President of Smartmatic Asia, said that so far, voting has been ongoing without any interuptions, as the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines were “running well”.

At the end of today’s voting period, the machines will print out an initial election return, which will be recorded by the Special Board of Election Inspectors.

Flores assured that the machines were secured in the center. the SBEIs will also print a document before the start of the voting period each day to show that there were no changes made in the data inside the machines during the night.

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