PH Consulate General in Los Angeles Joins OAV Training

Philippine Consul General Henry Bensurto  of San Francisco (seventh from the left), Commission on Elections Director Teopisto Elnas, Jr. (eighth from the left), and Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles personnel show their Certificate of Training Completion. (Los Angeles PCG photo)

LOS ANGELES 17 April 2019 — In view of the upcoming elections and to facilitate overseas voting, eight personnel of the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles participated in a three-day “On-site Regional Training on the Implementation of the Automated Election System in Overseas for Purposes of the 2019 National Elections” conducted by Commission on Elections (COMELEC) held on 03-05 April 2019 at Philippine Center Building in San Francisco.

More than 50,000 overseas registered voters under the jurisdiction of the Consulate General will be able to vote in the national elections from 13 April to 13 May 2019.

The Final Testing and Sealing (FTS) of the VCMs was done on 10 April 2019 at the Office of the Consul General. END

Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles personnel familiarize themselves in operating the Vote Counting Machine (VCM). (Los Angeles PCG photo)

Commission on Elections Commissioner Socorro Inting warmly welcomes the participants of the OAV training. (Los Angeles PCG photo)

For more information, visit www.philippineconsulatela.org or https://www.facebook.com/PHLinLA/.