PH Consulate General in Agana Opens Overseas Voting, Conducts Ballot Feeding

Consul General Marciano R. de Borja hands over his sealed ballot envelope to Consul Mark Francis C. Hamoy, Special Ballot Reception and Custody Group (SBRCG) Chair, with SBRCG members Shirley Florendo and Emmanuel Vicencio during the opening of the first day of voting on 13 April 2019 at the Philippine Consulate in Agana, Guam  (Agana PCG photo)

AGANA 26 April 2019 – The Philippine Consulate General in Agana opened the first day of overseas voting on 13 April 2019 following the successful Final Testing and Sealing (FTS) of the Vote Counting Machine (VCM) on 06 April 2019.

The Consulate General’s Special Board of Election Inspectors (SBEI) conducts ballot feeding every Monday and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. in accordance with the General Instructions issued by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). It employs the Postal Voting mode.

There are 13,121 registered overseas voters in Guam including those in Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, and Republic of Marshall Islands.

Registered voters are reminded to mail back their completed ballots as early as possible in time for the canvassing of votes at the Consulate General on 13 May 2019 in Guam to be conducted by the Special Board of Canvassers chaired by Consul General De Borja.  END

Consul Mark Francis C. Hamoy (third from right), Chair, Special Ballot Reception and Custody Group (SBRCG), with members Shirley Florendo (second from right) and Emmanuel Vicencio (rightmost) hands over the first ballot received to Vice Consul Alex O. Vallespin (third from left), Chair, Special Board of Election Inspectors (SBEI) with members Maria Liza Manarin (leftmost) and Annabelle Oviedo-Lavarez (second from left) at 9:00 AM during the first day of ballot feeding on 15 April 2019 at the Philippine Consulate in Agana, Guam. (Agana PCG photo)

Consul General Marciano R. de Borja (leftmost) with Vice Consul Alex O. Vallespin (third from left), Chair, Special Board of Election Inspectors (SBEI) and members Maria Liza Manarin (leftmost) and Annabelle Oviedo-Lavarez (second from left) at 9:00 AM during the first day of ballot feeding on 15 April 2019 at the Philippine Consulate in Agana, Guam (Agana PCG photo)

Vice Consul Alex O. Vallespin (leftmost), Chair, Special Board of Election Inspectors (SBEI), places the Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT), a print-out generated from the Vote-Counting Machine (VCM) for each ballot fed, into the VVPAT receptacle (Agana PCG photo)

For more information, visit www.aganapcg.dfa.gov.ph, www.philippinesguam.org or https://www.facebook.com/PHLinAgana/.