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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video about ballot in New Zealand without Robredo’s name NEEDS CONTEXT

By VERA Files | Apr 28, 2022 9:19 PM

A Facebook (FB) page uploaded a video about an unverified report from a Filipina worker in New Zealand who said she received a ballot without the name of presidential candidate and Vice President Leni Robredo. This needs context. FB page Amor Powers posted a two-minute video on April 24 titled: “LENI ROBREDO NOT INCLUDED IN […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Exit poll on overseas voting in 5 countries UNOFFICIAL

By VERA Files | Apr 22, 2022 9:23 PM

An exit poll showing the supposed results on the first day of overseas voting in five different countries needs context. On April 12, a Facebook user published a screenshot showing alleged exit poll results in Qatar, Italy, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It bore the caption: “Ano na lugaw hahahaha bukas abangan […]

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Vote-counting machines for overseas polls still to be reconfigured

Apr 08, 2016 10:07 AM

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL VOTING by almost 1.38 million registered overseas Filipinos starts on Saturday, but the Department of Foreign Affairs has not deployed vote-counting machines (VCMs) to several countries because they still have to be reconfigured to print vote receipts. Last-minute adjustments being done on the VCMs to comply with the Supreme Court’s order […]

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5-step guide to overseas absentee voting

Apr 17, 2013 12:56 AM

By CHERRY JOY VENILES A decade after Overseas Absentee Voting for Filipinos residing abroad was signed into law, many remain skeptical regarding the practicality and value of mounting a campaign to bring in the overseas Filipino vote. But with more than 10 million Filipinos overseas in 200 countries and $23 billion in remittances for 2012 alone, […]

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Birth pains still dog decade-old overseas absentee voting

Apr 15, 2013 1:58 PM

By CHERRY JOY VENILES GARY Garcia has been working as a seaman for almost 10 years—and has been a registered absentee voter for just as long. In fact, it’s as long as Republic Act 9189 or the Overseas Absentee Voting Law, which provides for a system for Filipino citizens working or residing outside the Philippines to […]

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Overseas voters close to one million

Mar 06, 2013 9:25 PM

By MIKHA FLORES OVERSEAS absentee voters (OAV) who are eligible to vote in the May 13 elections total almost a million after the Commission on Elections reversed an earlier resolution that would have disenfranchised close to 240,000 voters who failed to vote in the past two elections. “In effect, we are reinstating the list of those […]

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