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DFA, COMELEC, The Filipino Channel (TFC) Team Up Once Again for May 2013 National Elections

Monday, 18 March 2013 17:05
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OAVS18 March 2013 - Last January the Department of Foreign Affairs – Overseas [Absentee] Voting Secretariat (DFA-OAVS), the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and The Filipino Channel (TFC) had an exploratory meeting to further enhance overseas voting awareness abroad. The said meeting took place at the COMELEC’s main office in Manila. The meeting focused on how to further enhance overseas voting awareness to increase voter participation in the upcoming 2013 national elections.

TFC previously partnered with the DFA and COMELEC during the overseas voting registration that gave a boost to the two agencies’ vigorous information drive carrying the campaign slogan, YOUR VOTE … is our future … (BOTO NYO … kinabukasan namin …) through the dynamic and innovative efforts of Philippine Foreign Service Posts (FSPs), DFA Regional Consular Offices (RCO’s ), partner agencies as well as other important overseas voting stakeholders.

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TFC in close coordination with the DFA and COMELEC produced a Public Service Announcement (PSA) featuring COMELEC Chairman Sixto S. Brillantes Jr. and DFA-OAVS Chairman Undersecretary Jose S. Brillantes with stars Piolo Pascual, Sam Milby, Eric Santos, Randy Santiago, Boy Abunda and Pokwang which is aired on TFC via cable, satellite, video-on-demand, online and other mediums in the United States (US), Japan, Canada, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific, Europe, Australia and Hong Kong.

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OAVS 4TFC also produced standees, poster, flyers with their slogan of ”Boto nyo … kinabukasan ng bawat Pilipno” which also coincided and supported the DFA’s and COMELEC’s information campaign which further highlighted their tripartite partnership. The said printed materials were utilized in various TFC events and road-shows like OKGo! Sa California’s Great America, OK Go! Sa Nice, France, TFCKat Auditions in Gifu, Japan and ASAP in Singapore were either overseas voting registration or promotion took place.

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Last February the plans of the group were put into works with the production of a Public Service Announcement (PSA) for overseas voting featuring teen stars Kim Chiu and Robie Domingo.

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This March, another PSA encouraging overseas Filipinos to participate in the upcoming electoral exercise featuring ABS-CBN’s News and Current Affairs team will be developed and conceptualized. Flyers, posters and standees will also be produced by TFC in close coordination with the DFA and COMELEC for the same purpose. The same strategy will be utilized, this time with more frequency, to attain the goal of further increasing voter participation this coming national elections. END

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Overseas Voting Mailing Center Re-Launched

Saturday, 16 March 2013 08:39
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16 March 2013 - The Department of Foreign Affairs’ Overseas Absentee Voting Secretariat (DFA-OAVS), the Commission on Elections – Committee on Overseas Absentee Voting (COMELEC-COAV), and the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhlPost) signed on February 14 a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on the implementation of overseas postal voting for the upcoming 2013 elections.

 

The MOA was signed after a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the re-launching of the Overseas Mailing Center by DFA-OAVS Chairman, DFA Undersecretary Jose S. Brillantes, COMELEC-COAV Chairman, Commissioner Lucenito N. Tagle, and PhlPost Postmaster General Ma. Josefina M. Dela Cruz at the Manila Central Post Office.

 

The MOA signing was highlighted by a ceremonial toast led by COMELEC Chairman Sixto S. Brillantes Jr. after giving the closing remarks. The COMELEC Chorale, who sang the Philippine National Anthem at the program, serenaded the attendees with a series of songs.

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The MOA renews the arrangements between the three agencies on the implementation of the overseas postal voting for the purposes of the upcoming  May 13 national elections.

 

As in the past elections, PhlPost is being tapped due to its logistical and administrative expertise on mail matters.  This is to ensure that the ballots of overseas absentee voters will be received on time and will not be lost in the process.

 

The OV Mailing Center, the control center, which is situated at the annex building of the historic Manila Central Post Office in Liwasang Bonifacio, is currently operational and is now preparing the electoral ballots for global transmission to all the countries that will adopt the postal mode of voting.

 

A total of 51 Embassies/Consulates/Missions/Manila Economic and Cultural Offices (MECO) will be adopting postal voting that caters to a total of 255,517 qualified overseas voters.

 

Other modes of voting include the following:

 

MODE OF VOTING

NUMBER OF EMBASSSIES/CONSULATES/MISSIONS/MECOs THAT WILL CONDUCT IT

NUMBER OF QUALIFIED OVERSEAS VOTERS THAT WILL BE CATERED

PERSONAL VOTING

28

130,664

AUTOMATED ELECTION SYSTEM

7

324,770

 

There are also 26,808 sea-based qualified overseas voters who can vote at any Embassy, Consulate, Mission or MECO. END

 
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