Unlike in previous administrations, the Comelec, under chairman George Garcia, says a new law won't be necessary to introduce internet voting for overseas Filipinos.
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections made public yet another ambitious policy for the 2025 midterm elections – allowing internet voting for overseas Filipinos.
“Spending P411 million but resulting in a dismal 39% turnout is not value for money so to speak. Why are not so many overseas Filipinos voting personally or by mail? Maybe they need another mode,” he told reporters on Wednesday, May 17. Garcia entered the poll body as chairman in August 2023. The Comelec, under the leadership of his predecessor Sheriff Abas, alreadythat presented their online voting technology to the Philippine poll body.
“It can be assumed that the Congress has yielded to the expertise and knowledge of the commission in understanding the peculiarities attendant to the overseas voting process, to the extent that Congress no longer required prior approval in the form of legislation in order for the Commission to promulgate rules and regulations and consequently, implement other means of overseas voting that are more reliable, secure, and efficient,” a Comelec press release reads, citing Garcia.
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