{"id":74990,"date":"2016-04-27T23:08:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T03:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=74990"},"modified":"2025-01-08T09:51:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T14:51:22","slug":"close-200000-registered-voters-participate-overseas-absentee-voting-comelec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/04\/27\/close-200000-registered-voters-participate-overseas-absentee-voting-comelec\/","title":{"rendered":"Close to 200,000 registered voters participate in overseas absentee voting \u2013 Comelec"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA \u2013 Close to 200,000 registered voters or almost 14 percent have participated in the Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV) since the polls started two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

According to the Commission on Elections-Office for Overseas Voting (Comelec-OFOV), a total of 191,427 Filipinos abroad representing 13.9 percent have cast their votes in the OAV. There are a total of 1,376,067 registered overseas voters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis surpasses the 13.4 percent turnout in 2010, and the 7.12 percent turnout in 2013 for the first 18 days of voting,\u201d said Comelec \u2013 OFOV head Commissioner Arthur Lim.<\/p>\n

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With this, the poll body is optimistic that the number will double and reach about 400,000 by the end of voting period on May 9.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Lim reported that majority of the reported incidents to the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) in posts abroad are taking \u201cselfies\u201d by voters.<\/p>\n

The reports were recorded from Dubai, Hong Kong, Vientiane, Madrid, and Singapore.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the interest of transparency, majority of the reported incidents are voters taking selfies with their ballots,\u201d said Lim.<\/p>\n

He reminded that taking \u201cselfies\u201d are prohibited and stated in the General Instructions for BEIs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will have it investigated by our Law Department to determine whether there is probable cause, and to determine whether we have jurisdiction over it,\u201d Lim added.<\/p>\n

He noted that there were only two incidents of discrepancies in the actual votes and those printed in voting receipts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were only two incidents of the voter receipts not reflecting the votes out of the 191,427 ballots cast… in Seoul and Dubai,\u201d Lim said.<\/p>\n

There have been claims made over the social media on alleged discrepancies in the voting receipts, wherein the vote of a voter for a particular candidate was counted for another bet.<\/p>\n

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The Comelec had already asked those making claims of discrepancies to substantiate their claims by filing formal petitions.<\/p>\n

In a related development, vice presidential aspirant Senator Ferdinand \u201cBongbong\u201d Marcos Jr. revealed on Wednesday that another incident was reported to them this time in California, USA which involved the tearing of a vote receipt after a voter reported a discrepancy on the receipt.<\/p>\n

\u201cMay isang case sa California, kung saan nung sinabi nung voter sa BEIs na may reklamo siya sa resibo, ay pinagalitan tapos pinunit yung resibo tapos pinaalis daw sya sa polling center,\u201d he said in an interview.<\/p>\n

The lawmaker noted that they are collating information and documents from the complainants after which they will submit it before the Comelec for their immediate action.<\/p>\n

\u201cInaalam namin, magbigay sila (ng) impormasyon kung sino sila, saan nangyari, affidavit nila at ito ay ibibigay natin sa Comelec,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Marcos added that what worries him is that all the reported incidents only involves him as the votes for him are given to other candidates.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe worrisome part is that ako lang ang nawawalan ng boto hindi pa nangyari na nawala ang boto ng ibang tao at napunta sa akin. Lahat ng report ay nawawalan ako ng boto napupunta sa ibang kandidato kaya\u2019t you will not be surprised na nababahala ako,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

It was Marcos who reported the alleged discrepancies after receiving reports from Filipinos in Dubai, Kuwait and Japan.<\/p>\n

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