By EMERALD BANDOLES
Bulatlat.com
TORONTO – According to a recent online town hall forum with Makabayan senatorial candidate, Liza Maza, facilitated by Migrante Canada, overseas Filipino voters (OFV) have expressed worries about the new online process. As Eri Maestro of Migrante Canada expressed in the town hall the current issue faced by OFVs in Canada remains to be voter disenfranchisement.
In Canada, there is only one embassy in Ottawa and three consulates in Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver. With 10 provinces and three territories, this leaves 69% of provinces and territories with the lack of physical infrastructure to vote. Filipinos will also need to travel inter-provinces to vote.
Participants in the town hall also expressed big concerns of the new digital voting platforms. With over a million registered OFVs (1,241,692 according to the COMELEC) and 84% of posts moving towards an online electoral process, migrant organizations call on Filipinos to keep vigilance in this new process. Migrante Canada said that voters must stay vigilant and be informed about the electoral OFV process because having the right to vote and access to vote is important for all Filipinos even abroad.
Tables of Modes of Elections:
| Online Voting | |
|---|---|
| COUNTRIES / AREAS WITHIN POSTS’ JURISDICTIONS | POSTS |
| Afghanistan | Islamabad PE |
| Albania | Rome PE |
| American Samoa | Honolulu PCG |
| Angola | Lisbon PE |
| Anguilla | Washington D.C. PE |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Washington D.C. PE |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires PE |
| Aruba | The Hague PE |
| Australia | Sydney PCG |
| Australia – Canberra; Northern Territory; Queensland; Western Australia | Canberra PE |
| Australia – South Australia; Tasmania; Victoria | Melbourne PCG |
| Austria | Vienna PE |
| Bahamas | Washington D.C. PE |
| Bahrain | Manama PE |
| Bailiwick of Guernsey | London PE |
| Bailiwick of Jersey | London PE |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka PE |
| Barbados | Washington D.C. PE |
| Barcelona | Barcelona PCG |
| Belgium | Brussels PE |
| Belize | Mexico PE |
| Bhutan | New Delhi PE |
| Bolivia | Buenos Aires PE |
| Bonaire | The Hague PE |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Budapest PE |
| Botswana | Pretoria PE |
| Brazil | Brasilia PE |
| British overseas territory of Bermuda | Ottawa PE |
| British Virgin Islands | Washington D.C. PE |
| Brunei Darussalam | Brunei PE |
| Bulgaria | Budapest PE |
| Burundi | Nairobi PE |
| Cabo Verde | Lisbon PE |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh PE |
| Canada – Alberta; Saskatchewan | Calgary PCG |
| Canada – British Columbia; Yukon; Northwest Territories | Vancouver PCG |
| Canada – Toronto; Extended areas of Eastern Ontario (Prince Edward County, Hastings, Peterborough, Northumberland, Kawartha, Lakes and Haliburton, and the cities of Quinte West and Belleville); Manitoba | Toronto PCG |
| Canada – Ontario: the capital region of Ottawa-Gatineau and the core area of Eastern Ontario (covering the counties of Prescott and Russell; Stormont; Dundas and Glengarry; Lanark; Renfrew; Leeds and Grenville; Frontenac; including the city of Kingston and Lennox and Addington) The provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, territory of Nunavut | Ottawa PE |
| Cayman Islands | Washington D.C. PE |
| Chiayi City; Chiayi County; Tainan City; Kaohsiung City; Taitung County; Pingtung County; Penghu County; Kinmen County; Lienchiang County | MECO Kaohsiung |
| Chile | San Francisco PCG |
| Colombia | Brasilia PE |
| Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands | Agana PCG |
| Comoros | Nairobi PE |
| Cook Islands | Wellington PE |
| Costa Rica | Mexico PE |
| Croatia | Vienna PE |
| Cuba | Mexico PE |
| Curaçao | The Hague PE |
| Czech Republic | Prague PE |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | Nairobi PE |
| Denmark | Copenhagen PE |
| Djibouti | Cairo PE |
| Dominica | Washington D.C. PE |
| Dominican Republic | Mexico PE |
| Ecuador | Santiago PE |
| Egypt | Beirut PE |
| El Salvador | Mexico PE |
| Eritrea | Cairo PE |
| Estonia | Warsaw PE |
| Ethiopia | Cairo PE |
| Falkland Islands | Santiago PE |
| Faroe Islands | Copenhagen PE |
| Fiji | Wellington PE |
| Finland | Stockholm PE |
| France | Paris PE |
| French Guiana | Brasilia PE |
| French overseas collectivity of St. Pierre and Miquelon | Ottawa PE |
| French Polynesia | Wellington PE |
| Germany – Berlin; Brandenburg; Bremen; Freistat Sachsen; Hamburg; Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; Niedersachsen; Sachsen-Anhalt; Schleswig-Holstein | Berlin PE |
| Germany – Hessen; Nordrhein-Westfalen; Thüringen; Baden-Württemberg; Rheinland-Pfalz; Saarland; Bayern | Frankfurt PCG |
| Gibraltar | Lisbon PE |
| Greece | Athens PE |
| Greenland | Copenhagen PE |
| Grenada | Washington D.C. PE |
| Guadeloupe | Washington D.C. PE |
| Guam | Agana PCG |
| Guantanamo Bay | Washington D.C. PE |
| Guatemala | Mexico PE |
| Guinea | Rabat PE |
| Guinea-Bissau | Lisbon PE |
| Guyana | Brasilia PE |
| Haiti | Washington D.C. PE |
| Honduras | Mexico PE |
| Hong Kong SAR | Hong Kong PCG |
| Hungary | Budapest PE |
| Iceland | Oslo PE |
| India | New Delhi PE |
| Indonesia – Jakarta Special Capital Region; Aceh Special Region; Sumatra; Sumatra Island (North; West and South); Riau Province; Riau Islands Province; Bangka-Belitung Islands; Jambi Province; Bengkulu Province; Lampung Province; Banten Province; West Java; Central Java; Yogyakarta Special Region; East Java; Bali; West and East Nusa Tenggara Islands; West; Central and South Kalimantan | Jakarta PE |
| Indonesia – North (Tarakan) and East Kalimantan; Sulawesi Island (North; Central; West; South and Southeast); Gorontalo Province; Sulawesi; Moluccas Island (Maluku and North Maluku); Papua; West Papua | Manado PCG |
| Ireland | London PE |
| Isle of Man | London PE |
| Israel | Tel Aviv PE |
| Italy – Toscana; Umbria; Marche; Lazio; Abruzzo; Molise; Campania; Puglia; Basilicata; Calabria; Sicilia; Sardegna | Rome PE |
| Jamaica | Washington D.C. PE |
| Japan – Aichi; Fukui; Gifu; Ishikawa; Nagano; Niigata; Shizuoka; Toyama; Yamanashi | Nagoya PCG |
| Japan – Akita; Aomori; Chiba; Fukushima; Gunma; Hokkaido; Ibaraki; Iwate; Kanagawa; Miyagi; Okinawa; Saitama; Tochigi; Tokyo; Yamagata | Tokyo PE |
| Japan – Ehime; Fukuoka; Hiroshima; Hyogo; Kagawa; Kagoshima; Kochi; Kumamoto; Kyoto; Mie; Miyazaki; Nagasaki; Nara; Oita; Okayama; Osaka; Saga; Shiga; Shimane | Osaka PCG |
| Jordan | Amman PE |
| Kenya | Nairobi PE |
| Kuwait | Kuwait PE |
| Kyrgyzstan | Islamabad PE |
| Laos | Vientiane PE |
| Latvia | Warsaw PE |
| Lesotho | Pretoria PE |
| Liechtenstein | Berne PE |
| Lithuania | Warsaw PE |
| Lombardia/Lombardy Region; Veneto; Trentino-Alto Adige; Friuli Venezia Giulia; Emilia-Romagna; Valle d’Aosta; Piemonte; and Liguria | Milan PCG |
| Luxembourg | Brussels PE |
| Macau SAR | Macau PCG |
| Madagascar | Pretoria PE |
| Madrid | Madrid PE |
| Malawi | Nairobi PE |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur PE |
| Maldives | Dhaka PE |
| Mali | Rabat PE |
| Malta | Rome PE |
| Marshall Islands | Agana PCG |
| Martinique | Washington D.C. PE |
| Mauritania | Rabat PE |
| Mauritius | Pretoria PE |
| Mexico | Mexico PE |
| Miaoli County; Taichung City; Changhua County; Nantou County; Yunlin County | MECO Taichung |
| Micronesia | Agana PCG |
| Milan | Milan PCG |
| Moldova | Budapest PE |
| Monaco | Paris PE |
| Mongolia | Seoul PE |
| Montenegro | Budapest PE |
| Montserrat | Washington D.C. PE |
| Morocco | Rabat PE |
| Mozambique | Pretoria PE |
| Namibia | Pretoria PE |
| Nauru | Canberra PE |
| Nepal | New Delhi PE |
| New Caledonia | Sydney PCG |
| New South Wales | Sydney PCG |
| New Zealand | Wellington PE |
| Nicaragua | Mexico PE |
| North Macedonia | Athens PE |
| Northern Ireland | London PE |
| Norway | Oslo PE |
| Oman | Muscat PE |
| Outside Barcelona; Spain; except Madrid; Regions of Aragon; Andorra; Comunidad Valenciana; Cataluña; Baleares Islands | Barcelona PCG |
| Outside Madrid except Barcelona; Canary Islands | Madrid PE |
| Pakistan | Islamabad PE |
| Palau | Agana PCG |
| Palestine | Amman PE |
| Panama | Mexico PE |
| Paraguay | Buenos Aires PE |
| Peru | Santiago PE |
| Poland | Warsaw PE |
| Portugal | Lisbon PE |
| Puerto Rico | Washington D.C. PE |
| Qatar | Doha PE |
| Republic of Congo | Nairobi PE |
| Republic of Cyprus | Athens PE |
| Romania | Budapest PE |
| Rwanda | Nairobi PE |
| Saba | The Hague PE |
| Saint Barthelemy | Washington D.C. PE |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Washington D.C. PE |
| Saint Martin | Washington D.C. PE |
| Samoa | Wellington PE |
| San Marino | Rome PE |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Lisbon PE |
| Saudi Arabia – Riyadh; Qassim; Hail; Al Jouf, Eastern Region and Northern Border Region | Riyadh PE |
| Saudi Arabia (Western Region: Makkah Al Mukarramah Region (Jeddah; Makkah; Rabigh & Taif); Al Madinah Al Munawarah Region (Madina & Yanbu); Northwestern Region: Tabuk Governorate Southwestern Region: Aseer Region (Khamis Mushayt; Abha; Bisha; Al Namas & Muhail); Najran Governorate; Al Baha Governorate; & Jizan Governorate) | Jeddah PCG |
| Senegal | Rabat PE |
| Serbia | Budapest PE |
| Seychelles | Nairobi PE |
| Singapore | Singapore PE |
| Sint Eustatius | The Hague PE |
| Sint Maarten | The Hague PE |
| Slovakia | Vienna PE |
| Slovenia | Vienna PE |
| Somalia | Nairobi PE |
| South Africa | Pretoria PE |
| South Korea | Seoul PE |
| South Sudan | Nairobi PE |
| Sri Lanka | Dhaka PE |
| St. Lucia | Washington D.C. PE |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Washington D.C. PE |
| Sudan | Cairo PE |
| Suriname | Brasilia PE |
| Swaziland | Pretoria PE |
| Sweden | Stockholm PE |
| Switzerland – Zurich; Berne; Luzern; Uri; Schwyz; Obwalden; Nidwalden; Glarus; Zug; Fribourg; Solothurn; Basel-Stadt; Basel-Landschaft; Schaffhausen; Appenzell Ausserrhoden; Appenzell Innerrhoden; St. Galen; Graubünden; Aargau; Thurgau; Ticino; Valais; Jura | Berne PE |
| Switzerland – Cantons of Geneva and Vaud | Geneva PCG |
| Taipei City; New Taipei City; Taoyuan City; Keelung City; Taoyuan County and Hsinchu County; Hsinchu City | MECO Taipei |
| Tajikistan | Islamabad PE |
| Tanzania | Nairobi PE |
| Territory of Wallis and Futuna | Sydney PCG |
| Thailand | Bangkok PE |
| The Netherlands | The Hague PE |
| Tonga | Wellington PE |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Washington D.C. PE |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Washington D.C. PE |
| Tuvalu | Canberra PE |
| Uganda | Nairobi PE |
| Ukraine | Warsaw PE |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi PE |
| United Arab Emirates – Sharjah; Dubai; Ajman; Fujairah; Ras Al Khaimah; Um Al Quwain | Dubai PCG |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain | London PE |
| Uruguay | Buenos Aires PE |
| USA – Alabama; District of Colombia; Florida; Georgia; Kentucky; Maryland; North Carolina; South Carolina; Tennessee; Virginia; West Virginia | Washington D.C. PE |
| USA – Alaska; Northern Nevada (Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Esmeralda, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey, Washoe, White Pine); Colorado; Northern California (San Francisco, Monterey, Kings, Tulare, Inyo, San Benito, Fresno, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, and Mariposa, Mono, Alameda, San Joaquin, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Contra Costa, Marin, Siskiyou, El Dorado, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Mateo, Shasta, Sierra, Solano, Sonoma, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo and Yuba); Idaho; Utah; Montana; Washington; Oregon; Wyoming | San Francisco PCG |
| USA – Arizona; Southern Nevada (Clark, Lincoln, Nye County); Southern California (Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Imperial Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Kern, San Luis Obispo) | Los Angeles PCG |
| USA – Arkansas; Louisiana; Mississippi; Oklahoma; Texas; New Mexico | Houston PCG |
| USA – Connecticut; Delaware; Maine; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; Vermont | New York PCG |
| USA – Hawaii | Honolulu PCG |
| USA – Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Michigan; Minnesota; Missouri; Nebraska; North Dakota; Ohio; South Dakota; Wisconsin | Chicago PCG |
| Vanuatu | Canberra PE |
| Vatican City (Holy See) | Vatican PE |
| Venezuela | Brasilia PE |
| Vietnam | Hanoi PE |
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) | Washington D.C. PE |
| Wake Islands | Agana PCG |
| Yemen | Riyadh PE |
| Zambia | Pretoria PE |
| Zimbabwe | Pretoria PE |
| Postal Voting | |
| COUNTRIES / AREAS WITHIN POSTS’ JURISDICTIONS | POSTS |
| Algeria | Tripoli PE |
| Armenia | Moscow PE |
| Azerbaijan | Ankara PE |
| Belarus | Moscow PE |
| Benin | Abu Dhabi PE |
| Burkina Faso | Abu Dhabi PE |
| Cameroon | Abu Dhabi PE |
| Central African Republic | Abu Dhabi PE |
| Chad | Tripoli PE |
| China – Guangdong Province; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; Hainan Province; Hunan Province | Guangzhou PCG |
| China – Beijing; Tianjin; Hebei; Henan; Shandong; Shanxi; Shaanxi; Gansu; Qinghai; Liaoning; Jilin; Heilongjiang; Inner Mongolia; Ningxia; Xianjiang; Uyghur Autonomous Region; Xizang Autonomous Region; Tibet; Sichuan Province | Beijing PE |
| China – Chongqing; Guizhou Province; Yunnan Province | Chongqing PCG |
| Cote D’Ivoire | Abuja PE |
| Equatorial Guinea | Abuja PE |
| Gabon | Abu Dhabi PE |
| Gambia | Abuja PE |
| Georgia | Ankara PE |
| Ghana | Abuja PE |
| Jiangxi Province | Xiamen PCG |
| Kazakhstan | Moscow PE |
| Kiribati | Port Moresby |
| Liberia | Abuja PE |
| Myanmar | Yangon PE |
| Northern Cyprus | Ankara PE |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby |
| Russia | Moscow PE |
| Sierra Leone | Abuja PE |
| Solomon Islands | Port Moresby |
| Togo | Abuja PE |
| Personal Voting | |
| COUNTRIES / AREAS WITHIN POSTS’ JURISDICTIONS | POSTS |
| China – Shanghai Municipality; Anhui Province; Hubei Province; Jiangsu Province; Zhejiang Province | Shanghai PCG |
| Fujian Province | Xiamen PCG |
| Iran | Tehran PE |
| Lebanon | Beirut PE |
| Libya | Tripoli PE |
| Nigeria | Abu Dhabi PE |
| Syria | Damascus PE |
| Timor-Leste | Dili PE |
| Tunisia | Tripoli PE |
| Türkiye | Ankara PE |
| Türkiye – Region of Marmara: Provinces of Bal?kesir, Bilecik, Bursa, Çanakkale, Edirne, Istanbul, K?rklareli, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Tekirda? and Yalova | Istanbul PCG |
| Turkmenistan | Tehran PE |
| Uzbekistan | Tehran PE |
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