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The Overseas Absentee Voting Act (Republic Act No. 9189) was signed on 13 February 2003. It provides all qualified citizens of the Philippines abroad the opportunity to exercise their right to participate in the election of President, Vice President, Senators and Party-List Representatives. It was first implemented in the May 2004 national elections, with a 65% voter turn-out  (More..)


SUMMARY OF OAV REGISTRANTS*

as of 25 June 2009

 


TOP TEN COUNTRIES

ASIA and The PACIFIC

31,402

1.

United States of America

18,618

AMERICAS

23,237

2.

China

12,216

MIDDLE EAST and AFRICAS

21,070

3.

United Arab Emirates

8,010

EUROPE

13,392

4.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

6,430

POEA

14,867

5.

Singapore

4,843

NAIA

8,757

6.

Canada

4,479

CFO

1,093

7.

Taiwan

4,462

TOTAL

114,486

8.

United Kingdom

4,180



9.

Japan

3,856



10.

Italy

2,970



TOP TEN POSTS

NEWLY OPENED POSTS

1.

Hong Kong PCG

11,387

1.

Barcelona PCG

1,341

2.

Los Angeles PCG

7,002

2.

Oslo PE

607

3.

Dubai PCG

6,024

3.

Macau PCG

333

4.

Singapore PE

4,843

4.

Damascus PE

206

5.

London PE

4,180

5.

Chongqing PCG

40

6.

Toronto PCG

3,355

6.

Frankfurt PCG

19

7.

New York PCG

3,342


 

8.

Riyadh PE

3,198


9.

Washington DC PE

2,808


10.

Tokyo PE

2,774



* updated every Thursday (Philippine Time)

  

   please click here to view the breakdown of OAV registrants per Post (PDF).



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News

 

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