Absentee Voters Turnout Low
Personally, this is a surprise to me. Filipinos overseas complain about the Philippine government all the time, but it seems they are not interested in shaping it are they? This despite fiesta-like promotions at the embassies to get people to register and vote.
The turnout of registrants for overseas absentee voting remains well below the government’s expectation: only 286,666 Filipinos have registered since Monday, the Department of Foreign Affairs reported.At 12 noon on Monday, the figure accounted for 17 percent of the total 1.7 million potential absentee voters and 32 percent of the target 900,000 overseas workers.
The government earlier reduced its target to 1 million registrants from the original 2.5 million, then trimmed it down further to 900,000, but the outcome was still way below its estimate.
As the two-month registration for overseas absentee voters ends today, the foreign affairs department believes that the total number will reach 350,000.
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may i just say na most of the up alumni in singapore went and registered. i can vouch for that. kasi we really went on a massive info campaign. however, some people are just so apolitical. i wasn't even able to get my flatmate to register! depressing, these people. nakakahiya. pero bilib ako, puno ang philippine embassy dito, but majority were maids. i wondered kung anong nangyari sa mga so-called "white-collar workers". and they claim to be educated.
I've always wondered: where are the middle class people that really matter? They're the few ones that can change history. Probably too busy with their house payments, credit problems and dealing with the traffic to give a damn. I think they realize that they can change their lives without government, unlike the poor folk whose lives are not going anywhere without help.
huh? paano ba mag register? (Obviously walang dumating sa akin na info)
i think one of the possible problem is spreading the news. nanay ko nga hindi nya alam e.