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MANILA, Philippines – Two months before the deadline for Filipinos overseas to register for the 2013 elections, the number of registrants has already surpassed those who registered for the 2010 elections in the same period.
The Department of Foreign Affairs reported in a statement Sunday, September 2, that there are already 249,391 new overseas registrants as of August 31. Deadline for registration is on October 31.
This is almost 6% more than the 235,950 who have registered for the 2010 elections from February to August 2009. At the end of the registration, a total of 589,830 overseas Filipinos were counted for the May 2010 elections.
“This indicates the increasing political consciousness of Filipinos overseas,” the department said.
The department attributes the growing figures of registrant to the efforts of embassies and consulates, as well as partner organizations, in disseminating information to Filipinos are the world. Registration for overseas voters are held in all Philippine embassies and consulates worldwide.
Comelec has yet to pass a resolution on how overseas voters will vote. In the 2010 automated elections, precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines were placed only in Hongkong and Singapore, the countries with the most number of registered overseas voters. In other countries, voting is done via mail.
Casting of votes by overseas voters will be from April 13 to May 13, 2013. – Rappler.com
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