MANILA: Sixty percent of the 737,759 registered absentee voters abroad are expected to cast their ballots with the month-long overseas absentee voting (OAV) starting yesterday.
Commission on Elections (Comelec) records show 281,372 overseas absentee voters are in the Middle East, 228,309 in Asia, 125,604 in the US, 75,666 in Europe, and 26,808 are seafarers.
Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes said absentee voting in Riyadh and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia will start on April 16.
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