Overseas voting registration to start Dec. 9, 2022 —Comelec chair

The registration for overseas voters will start on December 9, 2022, Commission on Elections Chairman George Garcia announced Wednesday.

"[Several important Comelec activities] include the commencement of the overseas voter registration on December 9, 2022 on most of the Philippine Embassies and Consulate Generals worldwide," Garcia said in a statement.

Overseas voter registration at the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taiwan will also start on the same date.

Meanwhile, voter registration in embassies that operate from Sunday to Thursday will start on December 11, 2022.

Overseas voting registration period will run  until September 30, 2024.

Office of Overseas Voting Director Sonia Bea Wee-Lozada said Filipinos who are set to leave the country can register for overseas voting in Manila.

"Kasama rin po sa resumption ng overseas voting registration yung registration here in Manila, specifically, sa Office for Overseas Voting," she was quoted as saying.

(The resumption of overseas voting registration includes the registration here in Manila specifically through the Office for Overseas Voting.)

"These are for [our countrymen] na palabas pa lamang [who are about to leave the country]. They know that they'll be abroad on election day sa 2025. So, they can register na po bago sila ma-deploy," she added. —Hana Bordey/KBK, GMA Integrated News