Local absentee voting (LAV) for on-duty voters begins on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. The country’s national and local elections are on May 9.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Tuesday that a total of 93,698 military, police, government, and media personnel have applied for the LAV.
Of that number, only 84,357 voters were allowed to avail of LAV.
The applications of 9,341 individuals were not approved because they were not registered or were deactivated from the voters’ list.
According to the Comelec, the LAV will last only three days or until April 29, 2022.
Local absentee voters will vote manually and can only vote for national positions, including the president, vice president, senator, and party list.
According to Comelec Commissioner George Garcia, the voting of military, police, and government personnel will be overseen by the head of their respective offices, who will distribute the ballot.
When they have finished voting, the ballots will be placed in an envelope to be collected by the office head and then sent to the Comelec Election Contests Adjudication Department (ECAD).
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3-day local absentee voting begins April 27
Media personnel will vote for the Regional Election Director-National Capital Region (RED-NCR).
Garcia said the LAV votes would be counted at 7:00 pm on May 9 and conducted by the Committee on Local Absentee Voting on the third and fourth floors of the Bureau of Treasury at the Palacio del Gobernador in Intramuros, Manila.
The counting is expected to be witnessed by watchers who all the candidates will send.
It was learned that Comelec Chairperson Saidamen Pangarungan and Commissioner Aimee Neri were among those who availed the LAV. They will be voting at the Comelec main office in Intramuros, Manila.
Local Absentee Voting refers to a “system of voting whereby government officials and employees, including members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and the Philippine National Police (PNP) as well as members of the media, media practitioners including their technical and support staff (media voters) who are duly registered voters, are allowed to vote for national positions.”
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