More than a million Filipinos abroad will start trooping to Philippine embassies today to choose national leaders who will steer the country in the next six years as the overseas absentee voting (OAV) starts. Commissioner Arthur Lim, head of the Office for Overseas Voting (OFOV), said there are 1,376,067 Filipinos who have registered for the OAV – 1,326,728 land-based and 49,339 sea-based – for the May 9, 2016 national and local elections. “We appeal that they come out vote early starting April 9 till May 9, 2016 instead of waiting for the last day,” Lim said. The casting of votes in the OAV is set to begin at 8 a.m. (host country time) on April 9 and ends at 7 p.m. (Philippine time) on May 9. OAV voters will only be voting for the following positions: President, vice president, senators, and party-list group. Comelec spokesman James Jimenez also reminded overseas [...]
