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Comelec urges overseas voters: Don’t wait until last minute to pre-enroll
As of Wednesday, April 2, 2025, approximately 18,000 overseas Filipinos have successfully pre-enrolled for the upcoming Eleksyon 2025 online voting system.
The pre-voting enrollment period, which began on March 22, 2025, will conclude on May 7, 2025.
Over 1.2 million Filipinos are registered to vote overseas, and all of them must enroll to participate in the country's first-ever internet voting.
Comelec Chairman George Garcia urged Filipinos abroad not to wait until the last minute to pre-enroll, citing potential system crashes.
Successful pre-voting enrollees will be able to cast their votes online starting April 13, 2025, until May 12, 2025.
Various methods are available for overseas voters to complete their pre-voting enrollment, including using internet-capable devices, voting kiosks at Philippine Posts, or mobile enrollment coordinated by the Philippine Post.
The online voting system now accepts a wide range of government-issued IDs, such as passports, seaman's books, driver's licenses, and national IDs.
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