Embassy in New Zealand asks voters to return election packets with irregularities

This 2019 file photo shows overseas Filipinos in Hong Kong registering to vote.

The STAR, file

MANILA, Philippines (Updated 4:03 p.m.) — The Philippine Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand is calling on Filipino voters under its jurisdiction to return election packets with irregularities after a voter allegedly received a ballot from the embassy that had missing candidate names.

“Anyone who claims that they have received a ballot with an erasure/non-appearance of any of the entries is requested to return the entire ballot package to the Embassy so that we can verify the claim,” the foreign service post said in a statement Sunday afternoon, Manila time. 

“The Embassy is coordinating with [the Commission on Elections] accordingly,” it added. 

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