PUBLIC ADVISORY
Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco Urges Filipinos to Register before Deadline of 30 September 2021
SAN FRANCISCO, 02 September 2021 – The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco urges Filipinos to register for overseas voting for the 2022 Philippine National Elections until 30 September 2021 at the Consulate on Sutter Street in San Francisco from 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday to Friday, or during its upcoming consular outreach missions in Portland, Oregon on 8-11 September 2021 (https://pcgsanfrancisco.org/ph-consulate-in-sf-to-hold-consular-outreach-in-oregon/) and Bozeman, Montana on 22-25 September 2021.
The Consulate General also reminds overseas voters who were deactivated by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) for failing to vote in the 2016 and 2019 National and Local Elections to re-register to enable them to participate in the 2022 Presidential Elections. In November 2019, the COMELEC deactivated 23,115 overseas voters under the consular jurisdiction of the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco, which covers 10 states. Read the DFA Advisory on this: https://dfa.gov.ph/dfa-news/statements-and-advisoriesupdate/25174-public-advisory-dfa-urges-deactivated-overseas-voters-to-re-register.
The Consulate General invites Filipinos under its consular jurisdiction to check their names against the list of Deactivated Overseas Voters: https://dfa.gov.ph/images/PISU/2019/12_DEC/18_Deactivated_Overseas_Voters_List/AMERICAS/san_francisco.pdf and re-register.
Re-registering Deactivated Overseas Voters
Deactivated overseas voters due to causes listed in Section 14 of the Overseas Voting Act of 2013 and who already have existing voters’ registration records with complete biometric data in the Commission’s voter record database may now transact ONLINE with the COMELEC Office for Overseas Voting (OFOV). More details on: https://pcgsanfrancisco.org/online-services-relating-to-ph-2022-national-and-local-elections-now-available-for-overseas-filipinos/
Applicants can file their request through any of the following:
- By using the iRehistro System on the COMELEC Website at: https://irehistro.comelec.gov.ph/ovf1
- By emailing [email protected] or
- By sending a message through Facebook Messenger through OFOV’s official Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/overseasvotingph
The Consulate General will also open on 25 September, Saturday, from 9 AM to 5 PM for a special overseas voting registration day.
Those interested in registering or have other queries are requested to send an e-mail to [email protected].