Comelec starts deploying ballots for local absentee voting

Updated Wed, April 13, 2022 at 8:34 PM Published Wed, April 13, 2022 at 1:33 PM

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has begun deploying ballots for the 2022 local absentee voting (LAV), scheduled for April 27, 28, and 29.

A total of 84,221 applicants have been approved for LAV out of 93,567 verified applicants.

The majority of approved LAV participants are from the Philippine National Police (PNP) with 48,698, followed by the Philippine Army with 32,786.

Election materials are being sent to various government agencies, including the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), PNP, and media entities.

Journalists, government employees, and uniformed personnel on duty on Election Day are eligible for LAV.

Ballots for LAV are manual, requiring voters to write down names for national positions only.

Voters can participate in LAV in places where they are not registered but are temporarily assigned for election duties or coverage.

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