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                    [Title] => Comelec mulls registration at malls for absentee voters
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Overseas Filipinos may also be allowed to register as voters in shopping malls.

[DatePublished] => 2015-07-26 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150727/Absentee-Voting-Registration-Booth.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1336417 [Title] => High OFW registrants attributed to increased awareness [Summary] =>

The high number of Filipinos abroad applying for voter’s registration could be attributed to heightened interest in the presidential polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140619/james-jimenez-GEN8.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1327355 [Title] => Comelec to conduct field registration for OFWs [Summary] =>

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will set up voter’s satellite registration in malls and churches abroad to encourage overseas Filipinos to register for the 2016 polls.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1283826 [Title] => Overseas voting rules improved [Summary] =>

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday that significant reforms have been instituted in the implementing guidelines of the Overseas Voting Act of 2013 or Republic Act 10590.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 951813 [Title] => Comelec eases rule on absentee voting [Summary] =>

Migrant Filipinos need not execute an affidavit of intent to return when they apply for voter’s registration, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 217153 [Title] => Absentee Voting Law must be disseminated abroad [Summary] => Seven and a half million Filipinos live abroad. That is about 10 percent of our population. This was because they could not find jobs in their own country. Now they are one of our biggest dollar producers. They send back about eight billion dollars a year. During the month of June, for instance, our dollar supply goes up. This is because our overseas workers send money to enroll their families to school.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207078 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Great legacy [Summary] => In her overseas trips, among the pieces of good news that President Arroyo brings to expatriate Filipinos is the passage of the absentee voting law. [DatePublished] => 2003-05-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Comelec mulls registration at malls for absentee voters
                    [Summary] => 

Overseas Filipinos may also be allowed to register as voters in shopping malls.

[DatePublished] => 2015-07-26 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150727/Absentee-Voting-Registration-Booth.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1336417 [Title] => High OFW registrants attributed to increased awareness [Summary] =>

The high number of Filipinos abroad applying for voter’s registration could be attributed to heightened interest in the presidential polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140619/james-jimenez-GEN8.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1327355 [Title] => Comelec to conduct field registration for OFWs [Summary] =>

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will set up voter’s satellite registration in malls and churches abroad to encourage overseas Filipinos to register for the 2016 polls.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1283826 [Title] => Overseas voting rules improved [Summary] =>

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday that significant reforms have been instituted in the implementing guidelines of the Overseas Voting Act of 2013 or Republic Act 10590.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 951813 [Title] => Comelec eases rule on absentee voting [Summary] =>

Migrant Filipinos need not execute an affidavit of intent to return when they apply for voter’s registration, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 217153 [Title] => Absentee Voting Law must be disseminated abroad [Summary] => Seven and a half million Filipinos live abroad. That is about 10 percent of our population. This was because they could not find jobs in their own country. Now they are one of our biggest dollar producers. They send back about eight billion dollars a year. During the month of June, for instance, our dollar supply goes up. This is because our overseas workers send money to enroll their families to school.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207078 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Great legacy [Summary] => In her overseas trips, among the pieces of good news that President Arroyo brings to expatriate Filipinos is the passage of the absentee voting law. [DatePublished] => 2003-05-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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