Overseas absentee voting registration for ’16 polls starts

SAN FRANCISCO, California — Overseas Absentee Voting Registration for the 2016 Presidential Elections started on Tuesday, May 6 and will go on until Oct. 31, 2015.

All citizens of the Philippines abroad, who are not otherwise disqualified by law, at least eighteen (18) years of age on the day of the elections, and who are registered overseas voters, may vote for President, Vice-President, Senators and Party-List Representatives –under Republic Act No. 9189, otherwise known as “The Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003”, as amended by Republic Act No. 10590.

All qualified Filipino citizens not registered as voters under Republic Act No. 8189, otherwise known as “The Voters Registration Act of 1996”, (the system of continuing registration) shall file an application for registration, while those who are already registered under the said Act shall file an application for certification.

Requests for transfer of registration records may be filed at the Philippine Consulate General or before the Office for Overseas Voting (OFOV) of the COMELEC during the registration period.

The filing of applications for registration/certification is from May 6, 2014 (Philippine time) to October 31, 2015 (Philippine time).

The 30-day voting period will commence on April 9, 2016 (Philippine time) until 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon of May 9, 2016 (Philippine time) at the Philippine embassy or consulate having jurisdiction over the place where the overseas voter is registered as such (the time for voting to be announced later).

For more details, contact Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco at telephone number 415-433-6666 or email [email protected].