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PREPARATIONS FOR 2007 NATIONAL ELECTIONS (Important info on OAV) |
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 On behalf of the Commission's Committee on Overseas Absentee Voting (COAV), I
would like to welcome you to the OAV (Overseas Absentee Voting) link of this
website.
February 2003 saw the passage of the Overseas Absentee Voting Law (OAVL) giving
life and meaning to the Constitutional mandate that our countrymen abroad be
given their right of suffrage even if away from home.
Hence, the first registration of overseas absentee voters was conducted during
the months of August and September of 2003 for them to be able to cast their
votes in the 2004 National Elections.
Just like births, the first OAV exercise was not without pains. But like a child
growing up, we know that one day, the overseas absentee votes would make a
difference in the whole Philippine electoral exercise.
With the extra mileage brought by cyber technology, we hope that the next
registration period which shall commence on October 1, 2005 until August 31,
2006 would generate more registrants, hence, greater participation of overseas
Filipinos in future elections.
Please visit this website every so often for more information and details.
FLORENTINO A. TUASON, JR.
Commissioner
Chairman, Committee on Overseas Absentee Voting (COAV)
PROPOSED AMENDMENT (http://www.comelec.gov.ph/oav/2ra9189s5.html
RA 9189, Sec. 5)
Sec. 5. Disqualifications. - The following shall be disqualified from voting
under this Act:
a. x x x; This is in recognition of R.A. 9225 (http://www.comelec.gov.ph/oav/oav_ra9225.html)
which restores all political and civil rights to former Filipino citizens.
b. Those who have expressly renounced their Philippine citizenship and who have
pledged allegiance to a foreign country; except those who have applied to
reacquire or retain their Philippine citizenship under R.A. 9225 (http://www.comelec.gov.ph/oav/oav_ra9225.html),
otherwise known as the "Citizenship Retention and Reacquisition Act of 2003",
where their applications have been approved by the Posts or the Bureau of
Immigration and whose applications for registration as an overseas absentee
voters has been approved by the RERB shall be allowed to exercise their right of
suffrage; and,
c. x x x. To encourage more immigrants to register, the proposal is to do away
with the Affidavit of Intent to Return.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT (RA 9189, Sec. 6 -
http://www.comelec.gov.ph/oav/2ra9189s6.html)
Section 6. Personal Overseas Absentee Registration. - Registration and
certification as an overseas absentee voter shall be done in person at the Posts
that have jurisdiction over the locality where the applicant temporarily
resides.
The applicant may download the Application for Registration/Certification Form
from the websites of the Commission, the Department of Foreign Affairs through
its Overseas Absentee Voting Secretariat (DFA-OAVS) and the Posts. The applicant
may submit via mail, fax or e-mail his application form together with a
photocopy of his Philippine passport or such other document/s sufficient to
support his application for registration to the Posts where he intends to vote
provided that not later than two hundred eighty (280) days before the next
national elections, the applicant shall personally appear at the Posts where
they mailed, faxed or e-mailed their applications for the capturing of his
biometrics.
In the case of seafarers, they can personally appear at any Post where the
vessel is docked to register indicating in their
application forms where they want their ballots are to be sent not later than
two hundred eighty (280) days before the next national elections.
The Posts shall photocopy or scan or print all accomplished application for
registration. The demographic data shall be encoded and pre-processed at the
Posts using a system provided by the Commission. The soft copies containing the
demographics and biometrics of the registrants together with the corresponding
scanned/facsimile of the registration forms shall be sent to the Commission on a
weekly basis from the start of the registration period with a formal report of
the number of applications received for the week. The original copies of the
application forms shall be kept at the Posts for reference purposes.
Upon the requests of the Posts and favorable recommendation of the DFA, field
registration may be allowed by the Commission considering the number of
potential registrants residing outside the perimeters of the foreign service
establishments.
Subject to the specific guidelines herein provided, the Commission is hereby
authorized to prescribe innovative and additional procedures for overseas
absentee registration and adopt such other advanced technological system aside
from the system being used by the Commission in the local registration, taking
into strict consideration the time zones of the countries and the various
periods and processes herein provided for the proper implementation of this Act
and the other peculiarities attendant to the implementation of the overseas
absentee voting.
Although registration shall still require personal appearance by the applicant,
registration shall not be limited at the Posts. Mobile and field registration
shall be strongly encouraged.
Owing to the mobile nature of seafarers, they are now allowed to register at any
Post where they would be docking.
To avoid encoding problems resulting to misspelling in IDs, disapproved
applications, the fields in the application form shall be encoded by the Posts.
For more information:
http://www.comelec.gov.ph/oav/oav_proposedamendments04.html
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION AND ELECTION
Mga Kababayan:
The Philippine Embassy in Singapore announces the resumption of the system of
continuing registration of all qualified Filipino citizens abroad pursuant to
Section 7 of Republic Act 9189 (The Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003) and
amending pertinent provisions of COMELEC Resolution No. 6117.
All applications for registration/certification as overseas absentee voter and
the application to vote in absentia shall be filed from 1 October 2005 up to 31
August 2006, Sundays to Thursdays from 9:00-12:00 a.m. and 1:00-5:00 p.m. at the
Philippine Embassy in Singapore, 20 Nassim Road, Singapore 258395.
Applicants are required to submit (1) a valid Philippine passport; (2) Work
Permit, Employment Pass or Permanent Residence Card; and, (3) duly-accomplished
OAVF No. 1. Seafarers are also requested to submit a photocopy of his Seaman's
Book or any document that will prove that he is a seafarer. In cases of
applicants who availed of Republic Act 9225 (The Citizenship Retention and
Reacquisition Act of 2003), the original or certified true copy of the Order of
Approval of his application to retain or reacquire his Filipino citizenship
issued by the Post or the Bureau of Immigration.
The following may not register:
a. Those who have espressly renounced their Philippine citizenship and who
pledged allegiance to a foreign country except those who have reacquired or
retained their Philippine citizenship under R.A. 925;
b. An immigrant or a permanent resident who is reconized as such in the host
country, unless he executes upon filing of application for registration as
overseas absentee voter, an affidavit declaring that:
- he shall resume actual physical permanent residence in the Philippines
pursuant to Section 5 of R.A. 9189; and
- he has not applied for citizenship in another country.
For further information, please consult the Committee on Overseas Absentee
Voting (COAV) website at
www.comelec.gov.ph/oav/oav.html and/or call Consul Crescente R.
Relacion of the Philippine Embassy in Singapore (65) 67373977.
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