Ambassador reminds Filipinos of voting days for the 2010 National Elections

Jan 17th, 2010 | By staff | Category: Features

Ambassador Rigoberto D. Tiglao reminded Filipinos in Greece and Athens that overseas absentee voting will be held at the Athens Embassy from 10 April 2010 to 10 May 2010 from 9AM to 5 PM at the premises of the Philippine Embassy at 26 Antheon St., Paleo Psychico, Athens. ” I appeal to our kababayans registered as overseas voters at the Athens embassy to exercise this democratic right, and duty, and make sure that they will be in Athens during the month-long voting period,” the Ambassador said.

However, the law on overseas voting however specified that Filipinos voting in the Embassy or Consulate in the country where they reside or work must have registered there first, which is a different registration from what they may have done in the Philippines.

For the 2010 elections, such registration period for overseas absentee voters ended on 31 August 2009. This means those only those who had registered at the Embassy during this period as overseas absentee voter will be able to vote in the elections next year. Unfortunately, The transfer of a Filipino’s registration as voter in the Philippines to Athens can not be done anymore.

We hope though that our countrymen who have not registered as an overseas worker will still be able to exercise their democratic right and duty by coinciding perhaps their visit to the Philppines on election day, which will be on May 10, 2010.

The Ambassador noted that registered overseas voters may verify if they are registered voters at the website of the Commission on Elections, specifically by filling out the forms at this URL: http://www.comelec.gov.ph/oavlist/findpost.aspx.

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grecell linao December 17th, 2009 9:11 pm
do i still need to register here again to be able to vote in the upcoming 2010 election? what will i need to bring to do so? i was already registered in the Philippines.
staff January 9th, 2010 1:37 pm
Dear Ms Linao,

Thank you for your query.

Please be informed that registration for overseas absentee voting ended on 31 August 2009. This means that transfer of your registration as voter in the Philippines to where you are now domiciled can not be done anymore.

Best regards,

C.R. Vingno, Jr.
Consul General
Ramon Guico January 18th, 2010 4:12 am
It is really one of the most important elements of government ,the method of choosing leaders.
For this upcoming election, we should vote wisely,.we should think first before we vote..Hoped for a clean and honest election…