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Minute Resolution 15-0798

Date: 08 December 2015

IN THE MATTER OF THE MODES OF VOTING PER COUNTRY/POST IN CONNECTION WITH THE MAY 9, 2016 ELECTIONS

This pertains to the Memorandum dated November 12, 2015 of Atty. Maria Juana S. Valeza, Office for Overseas Voting (OFOV) Secretariat, relative to the modes of voting per country/post in connection with the May 9, 2016 Elections, with the recommending approval of Commissioner Arthur D. Lim, Commissioner-in-Charge, OFOV.

The Memorandum of Atty. Valeza reads:

"Section 23 of Republic Act No. 10590 amending Republic Act No. 9189 provides that the Commission shall announce the specific mode of voting per county/post at least one hundred twenty(120) days before the starl of the voting period.

After due consultations with various Posts and the Department of Foreign Affairs, the manpower complement of the Posts, the cost for payment of honoraria, travel, training, deployment and other election related expenses, and past history of voter turn-out, the Office for Overseas Voting(OFOV) recommends as follows:

  1. Thirty (30) Posts will adopt the Automated Election System (AES):

    POST EST. # OF REG VOTERS (AS OF 12 NOVEMBER 2015)
    NORTH AND LATIN AMERICAN REGION
    1 AGANA PCG 11,483
    2 CHICAGO PCG 11,601
    3 HONOLULU PCG 8,308
    4 LOS ANGELES PCG 52,090
    5 NEW YORK PCG 26,549
    6 OTTAWA PE 7,361
    7 SAN FRANCISCO PCG 44,459
    8 TORONTO PCG 27,664
    9 VANCOUVER PCG 32,833
    10 WASHINGTON DC PE 21,574
    TOTAL 243,922
    EUROPEAN REGION
    1 LONDON PE 24,978
    2 MADRID PE 16,574
    3 MILAN PCG 31,822
    4 ROME PE 29,602
    TOTAL 102,976
    ASIA PACIFIC REGION
    1 HONG KONG PCG 94,884
    2 KUALA LUMPUR PE 14,820
    3 OSAKA PCG 16,728
    4 SEOUL PE 11,838
    5 SINGAPORE PE 83,497
    6 TOKYO PE 19,842
    TOTAL 241,609
    MIDDLE EAST REGION
    1 ABU DHABI PE 72,736
    2 BEIRUT PE 10,901
    3 DOHA PE 35,601
    4 DUBAI PCG 119,838
    5 JEDDAH PCG 61,908
    6 KUWAIT PE 49,160
    7 MANAMA PE 18,087
    8 POLO AL KHOBAR 21,420
    9 RIYADH PE 118,384
    10 TEL AVIV PE 15,064
    TOTAL 523,099
    30 GRAND TOTAL 1,111,606
  2. Twenty-six (26) Posts will adopt Postal Voting Manual Elections:

    POST EST. # OF REG VOTERS (AS OF 12 NOVEMBER 2015)
    NORTH AND LATIN AMERICAN REGION
    1 BRASILIA PE 930
    2 BUENOS AIRES PE 583
    3 MEXICO PE 1,272
    4 SANTIAGO PE 476
    TOTAL 3,261
    EUROPEAN REGION
    1 ANKARA PE 3,652
    2 ATHENS PE 5,709
    3 BERLIN PE 5,100
    4 BERNE PE 2,397
    5 BRUSSELS PE 1,954
    6 BUDAPEST PE 625
    7 GENEVA PM 2,437
    8 HOLY SEE PE 740
    9 MOSCOW PE 1,150
    10 OSLO PE 3,336
    11 PARIS PE 3,723
    12 PRAGUE PE 485
    13 THE HAGUE PE 1,577
    14 VIENNA PE 1,394
    15 WARSAW PE 322
    TOTAL 34,601
    ASIA PACIFIC REGION
    1 BEIJING PE 661
    2 CANBERRA PE 1,782
    3 HANOI PE 1,030
    4 PORTMORESBY PE 3,408
    5 SYDNEY PCG 3,495
    6 WELLINGTON PE 8,479
    7 YANGON PE 252
    TOTAL 19,107
    26 GRAND TOTAL 56,969
  3. Twenty-six (26) Posts will adopt Personal Voting Manual Elections:

    POST EST. # OF REG VOTERS (AS OF 12 NOVEMBER 2015)
    EUROPEAN REGION
    1 LISBON PE 4,168
    TOTAL 4,168
    ASIA PACIFIC REGION
    1 BANGKOK PE 4,372
    2 BRUNEI PE 8,351
    3 CHONGQING PCG 174
    4 DHAKA PE 877
    5 DILI PE 715
    6 GUANGZHOU PCG 818
    7 ISLAMABAD PE 1,304
    8 JAKARTA PE 1,351
    9 MACAU PCG 4,680
    10 MANADO PCG 190
    11 MECO KAOHSIUNG 7,748
    12 MECO TAICHUNG 5,164
    13 MECO TAIPEI 8,831
    14 NEW DELHI PE 334
    15 PHNOM PENH PE 1,460
    16 SHANGHAI PCG 937
    17 VIENTIANE PE 656
    18 XIAMEN PCG 475
    TOTAL 48,437
    MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICAN REGION
    1 ABUJA PE 1,680
    2 AMMAN PE 5,405
    3 CAIRO PE 2,347
    4 MUSCAT PE 8,987
    5 NAIROBI PE 1,325
    6 PRETORIA PE 2,188
    7 TEHRAN PE 826
    TOTAL 22,758
    26 GRAND TOTAL 75,363
  4. Three (3) Posts will not conduct elections due to their current evacuation status:

    POST EST. # OF REG VOTERS (AS OF 12 NOVEMBER 2015)
    1 BAGHDAD PE 173
    2 DAMASCUS PE 289
    3 TRIPOLI PE 3,453
    TOTAL 3,915

    For your Honors' consideration."

The Commission RESOLVED,as it hereby RESOLVES, to approve the foregoing recommendation of Atty. Maria Juana S. Valeza, Office for Overseas Voting (OFOV) Secretariat, as concurred in by Commissioner Arthur D. Lim, Commissioner-in-Charge, OFOV, as follows:

  1. Thirty (30) Posts will adopt the Automated Election System (AES):

    POST EST. # OF REG VOTERS (AS OF 12 NOVEMBER 2015)
    NORTH AND LATIN AMERICAN REGION
    1 AGANA PCG 11,483
    2 CHICAGO PCG 11,601
    3 HONOLULU PCG 8,308
    4 LOS ANGELES PCG 52,090
    5 NEW YORK PCG 26,549
    6 OTTAWA PE 7,361
    7 SAN FRANCISCO PCG 44,459
    8 TORONTO PCG 27,664
    9 VANCOUVER PCG 32,833
    10 WASHINGTON DC PE 21,574
    TOTAL 243,922
    EUROPEAN REGION
    1 LONDON PE 24,978
    2 MADRID PE 16,574
    3 MILAN PCG 31,822
    4 ROME PE 29,602
    TOTAL 102,976
    ASIA PACIFIC REGION
    1 HONG KONG PCG 94,884
    2 KUALA LUMPUR PE 14,820
    3 OSAKA PCG 16,728
    4 SEOUL PE 11,838
    5 SINGAPORE PE 83,497
    6 TOKYO PE 19,842
    TOTAL 241,609
    MIDDLE EAST REGION
    1 ABU DHABI PE 72,736
    2 BEIRUT PE 10,901
    3 DOHA PE 35,601
    4 DUBAI PCG 119,838
    5 JEDDAH PCG 61,908
    6 KUWAIT PE 49,160
    7 MANAMA PE 18,087
    8 POLO AL KHOBAR 21,420
    9 RIYADH PE 118,384
    10 TEL AVIV PE 15,064
    TOTAL 523,099
    30 GRAND TOTAL 1,111,606
  2. Twenty-six (26) Posts will adopt Postal Voting Manual Elections:

    POST EST. # OF REG VOTERS (AS OF 12 NOVEMBER 2015)
    NORTH AND LATIN AMERICAN REGION
    1 BRASILIA PE 930
    2 BUENOS AIRES PE 583
    3 MEXICO PE 1,272
    4 SANTIAGO PE 476
    TOTAL 3,261
    EUROPEAN REGION
    1 ANKARA PE 3,652
    2 ATHENS PE 5,709
    3 BERLIN PE 5,100
    4 BERNE PE 2,397
    5 BRUSSELS PE 1,954
    6 BUDAPEST PE 625
    7 GENEVA PM 2,437
    8 HOLY SEE PE 740
    9 MOSCOW PE 1,150
    10 OSLO PE 3,336
    11 PARIS PE 3,723
    12 PRAGUE PE 485
    13 THE HAGUE PE 1,577
    14 VIENNA PE 1,394
    15 WARSAW PE 322
    TOTAL 34,601
    ASIA PACIFIC REGION
    1 BEIJING PE 661
    2 CANBERRA PE 1,782
    3 HANOI PE 1,030
    4 PORTMORESBY PE 3,408
    5 SYDNEY PCG 3,495
    6 WELLINGTON PE 8,479
    7 YANGON PE 252
    TOTAL 19,107
    26 GRAND TOTAL 56,969
  3. Twenty-six (26) Posts shall adopt Personal Voting Manual Elections:

    POST EST. # OF REG VOTERS (AS OF 12 NOVEMBER 2015)
    EUROPEAN REGION
    1 LISBON PE 4,168
    TOTAL 4,168
    ASIA PACIFIC REGION
    1 BANGKOK PE 4,372
    2 BRUNEI PE 8,351
    3 CHONGQING PCG 174
    4 DHAKA PE 877
    5 DILI PE 715
    6 GUANGZHOU PCG 818
    7 ISLAMABAD PE 1,304
    8 JAKARTA PE 1,351
    9 MACAU PCG 4,680
    10 MANADO PCG 190
    11 MECO KAOHSIUNG 7,748
    12 MECO TAICHUNG 5,164
    13 MECO TAIPEI 8,831
    14 NEW DELHI PE 334
    15 PHNOM PENH PE 1,460
    16 SHANGHAI PCG 937
    17 VIENTIANE PE 656
    18 XIAMEN PCG 475
    TOTAL 48,437
    MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICAN REGION
    1 ABUJA PE 1,680
    2 AMMAN PE 5,405
    3 CAIRO PE 2,347
    4 MUSCAT PE 8,987
    5 NAIROBI PE 1,325
    6 PRETORIA PE 2,188
    7 TEHRAN PE 826
    TOTAL 22,758
    26 GRAND TOTAL 75,363
  4. Three (3) Posts will not conduct elections due to their current evacuation status:

    POST EST. # OF REG VOTERS (AS OF 12 NOVEMBER 2015)
    1 BAGHDAD PE 173
    2 DAMASCUS PE 289
    3 TRIPOLI PE 3,453
    TOTAL 3,915

Let the Office for Overseas Voting implement this Resolution.

SO ORDERED.



SIGNED:

  • BAUTISTA, J. ANDRES D., Chairman
  • LIM, CHRISTIAN ROBERT S., Commissioner
  • PARREÑO, AL A., Commissioner
  • GUIA, LUIE TITO F., Commissioner
  • LIM, ARTHUR D., Commissioner
  • GUANZON, MA. ROWENA AMELIA V., Commissioner
  • ABAS, SHERIFF M., Commissioner


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