“The failure of the system in place has always been the biggest single stumbling block in making OFWs go out and vote.” – Migrante
OFWs disappointed over conduct of Overseas Absentee Voting
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Closure of Philippine diplomatic posts to lead to OFW disenfranchisement – migrants’ group
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — An organization of overseas Filipino workers today expressed deep concern over plans of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to close down at least 12 Philippine posts abroad by the end of 2012 saying that it would only further disenfranchise overseas absentee voters. Migrante Sectoral Party said…
Low Turn-Out in Absentee Voting Due to Ghost of Garci – Migrants’ Group
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
While the 24 percent turnout in the overseas absentee voting during the 2010 elections is higher than the 16 percent turnout in 2007, this is still way below the 65 percent turnout in 2004.
Harassment, Delisted Voters and Glitches Mar First Hours of Absentee Voting in HK
Joint Press Release 10 April 2010 Within the first few hours after the polls opened, harassment and intimidation as well as major glitches that may seriously hamper the implementation of the automated OAV in Hong Kong and disenfranchise OFWs, including de-listing, occurred. Gabriela Women’s Party in Hong Kong chairperson Cynthia Abdon-Tellez, said that contrary to…
Migrant Group Raises Concern on Blunders and Delays in HK Absentee Voting
Press Release 10 April 2010 “We are concerned that if blunders and delays in the implementation of the OAV will persist, Hong Kong will not only hold the record of having the highest number of registered voters but will also have the mark for having the highest number of disenfranchised voters.” This was declared today…
First Automated Overseas Absentee Vote Goes to Progressive Senatoriables, Villar-Legarda Tandem
Press Release 10 April 2010 She was the first to hold the official ballot of the automated election scheme, the first to use the designated pen and the first to feed the valid ballot in the PCOS. Her vote went to the progressives. It was a flurry of firsts for Rowena dela Cruz,…
As OAV Starts: Migrants Vow to Guard Vote and Frustrate Arroyo Party-list Bids
As the month-long Overseas Absentee Voting starts on April 10, Migrante International, together with families of distressed OFWs and ex-OFWs, urged their loved ones and kababayans abroad to exercise their right to vote and tightly guard their votes against “imminent” fraud, amid the first use of the Automated Elections System and the plans of President…
Lack of Voters’ Education for AES in HK, Singapore, Means Disenfranchisement to OFWs
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com With only a couple of weeks left before the start of the automated overseas absentee voting for Filipino workers in Hongkong and Singapore, voters still have no idea how it would proceed. They were informed that they would just be oriented and assisted on the day itself. The overseas…
Voters Education on Automated Absentee Voting: Mission Impossible, Says Migrante
NEWS RELEASE March 2, 2010 The militant Filipino migrants’ alliance, Migrante International, today dismissed as ‘mission impossible’ the Commission on Elections’ (COMELEC) reported plan to educate the thousands of Filipino voters in Hong Kong and Singapore on the automated election system for only a month. Registered Filipino overseas absentee voters in the two countries will…
Migrante: Trainings Alone Will Not Prevent Failure of Overseas Absentee Voting
PRESS RELEASE 26 February 2010 Amidst the series of trainings on the members of the foreign service, the global alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) Migrante International, still sees “inevitable” failure in the conduct of the the Overseas Absentee Voting. “Apart from the trainings being unforgivingly late, the OAV is still bound to fail if…
Migrant Group Questions Government’s Sincerity, Political Will in Implementing Overseas Absentee Voting
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com Overseas Absentee Voting was implemented in 2004 so that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) could exercise their right to vote. But since then, Migrante International has been criticizing the government’s insincerity in implementing Republic Act (RA) 9198 or the Overseas Absentee Voting Law (OAV) as shown by the unsystematic and…