Comelec: No extension for mail-in overseas voting despite late deliveries

Filipinos based in Hong Kong fall in line hoping to cast their votes on the first day of the overseas voting period.

Philippine Consul General to Hong Kong Raly Tejada

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections on Thursday said that it will not extend the voting period for Filipinos abroad, maintaining that all votes must be in by May 9, Philippine time.

This is despite election paraphernalia arriving late in some Philippine foreign service posts, which also delayed the mailing of ballots to voters. 

“All ballots must be in by May 9 because the counting will have to start even overseas by May 9, exactly whatever is the time there, it should exactly start by 8 p.m.,” Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said during the virtual Pandesal Forum hosted by the Kamuning Bakery Cafe.

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