The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms approved on Tuesday the proposed Overseas Voting Act of 2023 that would allow OFWs to vote via the internet. | JEMendozaINQ
“Our OFWs and overseas Filipinos, including seafarers, constitute a significant segment of our society, with their economic contribution and the national honor that they bring to the country, and for the sacrifices they endure while working abroad, leaving their loved ones behind,” OFW party-list Rep. Marissa Magsino, who filed the bill, said in her opening speech.
The bill will amend the Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003 . The counterpart proposal is Senate Bill No. 172 filed by Sen. Francis Tolentino.
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