{"id":20869,"date":"2014-08-06T08:15:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T00:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=20869"},"modified":"2025-01-12T02:19:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T07:19:56","slug":"comelec-eyes-internet-voting-for-ofws-in-2016-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/06\/comelec-eyes-internet-voting-for-ofws-in-2016-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Comelec eyes internet voting for OFWs in 2016 polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_20872\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20872\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Online-voting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20872 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Online-voting-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Online voting\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Online-voting-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Online-voting.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wikipedia Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is now looking at the possibility of having internet voting for overseas absentee voting (OAV) during the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Following the amendment of the Republic Act 10590, or the amended Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2013, Commissioner Lucenito Tagle said they have conducted a study to test the feasibility of internet voting for the coming 2016 polls.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy rogaine online <a href=\"https:\/\/drbrassie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/rogaine.html\">drbrassie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/rogaine.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cSo now, the Comelec is looking at doing a pilot test on the technology during the month-long OAV in the Americas, Middle East, Hong Kong and Singapore where a majority of migrant Filipino workers are employed,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy symbicort online <a href=\"https:\/\/drbrassie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/symbicort.html\">drbrassie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/symbicort.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThey have the adequate technology, Internet connection and large overseas Filipino concentration that are needed for the pilot testing,&#8221; Tagle added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">The statement was made after Senate President Franklin Drilon urged the Comelec to fully automate the system of OAV.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Drilon also noted that automation may help increase the current low voter turnout in absentee voting.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy paxil online <a href=\"https:\/\/drbrassie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/paxil.html\">drbrassie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/paxil.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Tagle however said that the Comelec do not have enough funds to implement internet voting, adding that the lawmakers might have to pass a law that will provide them with the budget needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is now looking at the possibility of having internet voting for overseas absentee &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":20872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[7070,7133],"class_list":["post-20869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-online-voting","tag-overseas-absentee-voting","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20869","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282664,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20869\/revisions\/282664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}