{"id":138173,"date":"2017-12-11T05:26:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T10:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=138173"},"modified":"2017-12-11T05:26:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T10:26:31","slug":"118k-new-absentee-voters-as-of-end-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/11\/118k-new-absentee-voters-as-of-end-september\/","title":{"rendered":"118K new absentee voters as of end-September"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_55248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55248\" style=\"width: 2350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/150711161726-e1436686233150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55248\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/150711161726-e1436686233150.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: Over 118,000 individuals have so far registered for overseas absentee voting since the registration started over a year ago, the Commission on Elections - Office for Overseas Voting (Comelec-OFOV) said on Monday. (Avito C.Dalan \/ PNA)\" width=\"2350\" height=\"1700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/150711161726-e1436686233150.jpg 2350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/150711161726-e1436686233150-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/150711161726-e1436686233150-1024x741.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2350px) 100vw, 2350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Over 118,000 individuals have so far registered for overseas absentee voting since the registration started over a year ago, the Commission on Elections &#8211; Office for Overseas Voting (Comelec-OFOV) said on Monday. (Avito C.Dalan \/ PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Over 118,000 individuals have so far registered for overseas absentee voting since the registration started over a year ago, the Commission on Elections &#8211; Office for Overseas Voting (Comelec-OFOV) said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs of September 30, 2017, we tallied a total number of registered overseas Filipino voters at 118,335 (as approved by RERBs or Regional Election Registration Boards),\u201d Comelec-OFOV head Commissioner Arthur Lim said.<\/p>\n<p>With this, he reported that the number of registered overseas voters is now over 1.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo this figure of 118,335 newly approved new registrants will bring the total at 1,418,335 registered overseas voters as of September 30, 2017,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Lim added, \u201cFYI the total number of registered Filipino overseas voters as of the May 9, 2016 elections was 1,300,000 (rounded off).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The poll body official noted that additional applications for registration are also being readied for the next round of RERB hearings.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if they are confident to meet the 1-million target for the overseas voting, he said, \u201cIt is admittedly a difficult target but hope springs eternal. We are doubling our efforts and keeping our fingers crossed: with your help and those of others, we might reach it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The registration started on Dec. 1, 2016 and will run until Sept. 30, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Over 118,000 individuals have so far registered for overseas absentee voting since the registration started over a year ago, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":55248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[38334,38333],"class_list":["post-138173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-commission-on-elections-office-for-overseas-voting","tag-new-absentee-voters","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}