Voters Flock to PH Embassy in Athens on First Day of Overseas Voting

PHOTO: The Philippine Embassy in Athens opens its doors to overseas Filipino voters at 8:00 a.m. on 13 April 2019, kicking off the month-long electoral activity in Greece and Cyprus. This is the first time that the Embassy will adopt the automated election system (AES). It has employed both personal and postal modes of voting, allowing for the convenience of the 3,656 registered voters in Greece and the 5,069 in Cyprus.  

Aside from a team receiving votes through these means, another Special Board of Election Inspectors (SBEI) is poised to facilitate the votes cast by seafarers in separate “Akyat Barko” activities.  An estimated 45,000 seafarers have registered as voters, many of whom are on Greek vessels. (Athens PE photo)

Ms. Maria Teresita Iñigo Gutierrez, 58 years old, was the first Filipino to cast her vote at the Philippine Embassy in Athens. She has been living in Greece for the past 18 years. She witnesses the opening of the box containing the first set of ballots for personal voting in Greece. (Athens PE photo)

Ms. Gutierrez checks the voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) to check if her votes have been counted after accomplishing her ballot and casting her votes through the vote counting machine (VCM). (Athens PE photo)

For more information, visit www.athenspe.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHLinGreece/.