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| Overseas voting registration at the PCG started on Dec 16 and will last until Sept 30, 2021. |
Rene Fajardo, who was manning the OVR desk at the
Consulate’s lobby on Jan 5, said his team would have to attract more
registrants to set a new record for the total number of registered Filipino
overseas voters in Hong Kong .
The current record stands at 93,978 voters, set ahead of the
2016 national and local elections. For last year’s mid-term vote, a total of
87,441 were registered as voters, but only 34,183 or about 40% cast their votes
to choose 12 senators and a party-list representative.
Fajardo said the Commission on Elections deactivated 16,000
registered voters in Hong Kong after the
month-long election that ended on May 13 last year, so there should be more
effort to encourage qualified voters to register.
There are about 220,000 Filipinos in Hong
Kong , more than 90% of whom are migrant workers, who should all be
qualified to vote.
Under Philippine law, all Filipino citizens who are not
disqualified by law and at least 18 years old can register to vote in an election.
The overseas registration officially kicked off on Dec. 16
last year, and will end on Sept. 30, 2021.
According to a registration volunteer, this Sunday has been
the busiest so far, with about 50 people already registered and about 10 more
waiting before the 4pm closing of the Consulate.
As in previous registration exercises, the number is
expected to peak in the last few months of the nearly two-year long exercise.
Those who want to register as an overseas voter in Hong Kong
must go to the Consulate and bring a copy of their valid Philippine passport,
or, if a dual citizenship holder, a copy of their oath of allegiance or proof
of citizenship from the Bureau of Immigration.
For seafarers, they must present a copy of their seaman’s
book.
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