The COMELEC wishes to inform that all OAV applications for registration/certification that were approved by the COMELEC Resident Election Registration Board (RERB) last 04 September 2009 may be viewed through the COMELEC website www.comelec.gov.ph/oavlist/toc_lists.html.

As part of the education drive for the Overseas Absentee Voting, the Department of Foreign Affairs signed an MOU with an internet website/portal known as www.politicalarena.com on 11 January 2010. It is an online interactive platform that provides services to facilitate the dissemination of election-related information and materials, and through which platform the prospective candidates are given a medium to post content and information about themselves, their respective platforms, programs of government and ideological views, and likewise receive comments and/or feedback from the general public.

The voting period will be from April 10, 2010 until 3:00 p.m. Philippine time of May 10, 2010. For details, please contact the embassy/consulate nearest your residence or the following websites:

Department of Foreign Affairs (Manila): www.dfa.gov.ph
Commission on Elections (Manila): coav@comelec.gov.ph

Important notice: the COMELEC IDs of those whose names appear in the attached list have already been turned over to the COMELEC. The attached list reflects the names of those whose IDs were received by the Philippine Embassy for the 2006 elections.