Comelec completes tally of overseas votes

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday announced that they have completed the tally of overseas votes. Comelec Commissioner Arthur Lim yesterday said all the 58 of 82 Certificates of Canvass (COCs) and statements of votes have been sent to the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC) and have been presented to the authorized representatives of the candidates. “Susumahin na po ang bawat boto ng kandidato (The votes will now be totaled), and this will be presented through a canvassing report that NBOC will issue in due course.” Lim said that the said report will likely be presented on Monday. Lim recalled that the total number of overseas voter turnout is 432,706, or the second highest at 40 percent since overseas absentee voting was implemented in 2004. “It is very substantial and important number. As to how this will affect in the VP election, we will all know that after the congress [...]