Philippines starts internet voting for Pinoys overseas - BusinessWorld Online

Only 58,000 of 2 million OFWs enrolled in 2025 online voting system: Comelec

The Comelec’s new online voting system drew criticism earlier this week after several OFWs complained that they could not visibly verify the names of the candid

OVERSEAS VOTING BEGINS FOR 2025 PHILIPPINE MIDTERM ELECTIONS - Asian Journal News

OVERSEAS VOTING BEGINS FOR 2025 PHILIPPINE MIDTERM ELECTIONS Filipinos abroad start casting ballots for senators and party-list groups LOS ANGELES – Overseas voting for the 2025 Philippine midterm elections officially began on Saturday, April 13, giving more than 1.8 million registered overseas Filipino voters the chance to participate in selecting national leaders who will shape the country’s legislative agenda. Voting…

Will bishops’ call for ‘revolution of hope’ affect Filipino elections?

The Philippines’ midterm elections started on Palm Sunday as the country’s Commission on Elections rolled out for the first time internet voting for an estimated two million registered overseas Filipino voters.Presidential candidates in The Philippines. Credit: Vatican Media.Filipinos in countries with the earliest time zones like New Zealand, Australia, Japan, and South Korea voted first in accordance with an advisory from the Commission on Fil…

Comelec addresses ballot code confusion after online voting

SINGAPORE – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, April 14, clarified that the ballot code given to overseas voters after voting represents their entire ballot in the system, and that information about which candidates voters chose is encrypted to prevent vote-buying. Some voters reported that they were confused after receiving a code as a result of their vote lookup or verification. A voter based in Singapore posted on Facebook about…

Overseas Filipinos start casting votes

THE one-month absentee voting period for overseas Filipinos began on Sunday, the first time the internet will be used to cast ballots in 77 Philippine diplomatic posts abroad. Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesman John Rex Laudiangco, who is also the concurrent chief of the Education and Information Division (EID), said overseas voting in countries where there are registered Filipino voters started at 8 a.m. local time. First to start were…

Philippines starts internet voting for Pinoys overseas - BusinessWorld Online

THE PHILIPPINES started its overseas internet voting period on Sunday, after finishing a test voting phase for the May 12 midterm elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said. In a statement on Sunday, Comelec spokesman John Rex C. Laudiangco said the test period from March 20 to April 12 was held to allow registered overseas voters to familiarize themselves with the online voting and counting system. The test validated the system’s acc…