Manila Bulletin
Comelec says 2022 polls is highest overseas voting turnout at 34.88%
The 2022 polls recorded the highest overseas voting turnout at 34.88%.
A total of 1,697,215 overseas Filipinos were registered to vote, with the majority from Middle East and African countries.
The Comelec is expecting 26 electronic Certificates of Canvass (COCs) and 37 manually-accomplished COCs from 63 Philippine overseas posts.
COCs from Cambodia and Vietnam have already arrived at the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC) convening at the PICC.
The NBOC is also expecting electronic COCs from Amman, Jordan, and Tel Aviv, Israel later in the afternoon.
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