Philipines - OFWs may vote in 2010 elections via the Internet

OFWs may vote in 2010 elections via the Internet

Filipinos abroad may vote via the Internet in next year’s presidential elections if Congress approves the process.

“We are trying to include it (Internet voting) in an amendment to start with seafarers in the 2010 elections,” Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer said. “It was successfully used in the last presidential elections in Florida.”

Ferrer said the poll body is strongly pushing for an amendment of the law to allow Internet voting in the 2010 elections.

“We want to use it for seafarers first because they are the ones who are unable to vote even if they are registered because they are on board foreign vessels during elections,” he said.