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PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL IN TORONTO STARTS MAILING BALLOTS OF REGISTERED VOTERS FOR THE 2022 ELECTIONS
2022-04-11
PR-2022-17
09 April 2022, Toronto – The Philippine Consulate General (PCG) in Toronto has started mailing the election packets for registered voters for the 2022 national elections following its receipt from the COMELEC on 08 April 2022.
A total of 800 election packets, containing the official ballot, instructions and a prepaid stamped return envelope, were already mailed to the registered voters. The Consulate General has to check each and every ballot to ensure that the documents are complete and corresponds to the correct precinct number. The Consulate General is also affixing stamps on the return envelopes.
Personnel of the Consulate General will work overtime and during the holidays to ensure that the ballots will reach the 39,136 registered voters on time. Consul General Orontes V. Castro has emphasized the importance of voters following the instructions in accomplishing the ballot and to mail or deliver their accomplished ballots at the soonest possible time so that their votes will be counted.
The period for the overseas voting for the 2022 Philippine National Elections is from 10 April to 09 May 2022, during which registered voters can mail or personally deliver to the Consulate General their accomplished ballots. Only accomplished ballots received on or before on 9 May 2022 at 7:00 a.m. (Toronto time), will be counted simultaneous with the counting of ballots in the Philippines. END